Are stroke occurrence and outcome related to weather parameters? Results from a population-based study in Northern Portugal

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 542-551

  Magalhães, Rui ^a   Silva, M Carolina ^a   Correia, Manuel ^a,b   Bailey, Trevor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology of stroke; Poisson model; Seasonal variation; Stroke incidence; Weather

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; STROKE, LACUNAR; TEMPERATURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEATHER;

EID: 81355122832     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331473     Document Type: Article

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