An analysis of admissions from 155 United States hospitals to determine the influence of weather on stroke incidence

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 618-623

  Cowperthwaite, Matthew C ^a,b   Burnett, Mark G ^a  

^a NeuroTexas Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Epidemiology; Ischemic stroke; Risk factors; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SEASONS; STROKE; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 79953168003     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.08.035     Document Type: Article

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