Apparent temperature and Cause-Specific emergency hospital admissions in greater Copenhagen, Denmark

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Wichmann, Janine ^a   Andersen, Zorana ^b   Ketzel, Matthias ^c   Ellermann, Thomas ^c   Loft, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; DENMARK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WARMING; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WEATHER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENMARK; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960897217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022904     Document Type: Article

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