Seasonal variation in heart failure hospitalization

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 389-394

  Gallerani, Massimo ^a   Boari, Benedetta ^a   Manfredini, Fabio ^a   Manfredini, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Hospital of the Delta   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; WINTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 79958263277     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20895     Document Type: Article

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