Innovative approaches helpful to enhance knowledge on weather-related stroke events over a wide geographical area and a large population

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 593-600

  Morabito, Marco ^a   Crisci, Alfonso ^b   Vallorani, Roberto ^b   Modesti, Pietro Amedeo ^a,c   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a,c   Orlandini, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

cerebrovascular disease; harvesting; hospitalizations; reanalysis; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COLD EXPOSURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; WEATHER;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 79952073584     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.602037     Document Type: Article

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