Influence of air pressure, humidity, solar radiation, temperature, and wind speed on ambulatory visits due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Bavaria, Germany

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-143

  Ferrari, Uta ^a   Exner, Teresa ^a   Wanka, Eva R ^a   Bergemann, Christoph ^b   Meyer Arnek, Julian ^b   Hildenbrand, Beate ^b   Tufman, Amanda ^a   Heumann, Christian ^a   Huber, Rudolf M ^a   Bittner, Michael ^b   Fischer, Rainald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Elderly; Humidity; Meteorology; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULMONOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUNLIGHT; WIND;

AIR PRESSURE; AMBULATORY CARE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY MEDICINE; SPECIALIZATION; SUNLIGHT; WIND;

EID: 84155176681     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-011-0405-x     Document Type: Article

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