Effects of diurnal temperature range on cardiovascular and respiratory hospital admissions in Korea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 417-418, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-60

  Lim, Youn Hee ^a   Hong, Yun Chul ^b   Kim, Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Climate change; Diurnal temperature range; Hospital admission; Respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC DISEASE; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; COLD WAVES; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; DIURNAL TEMPERATURES; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH RISKS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

HOSPITALS;

ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; METROPOLITAN AREA; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; TEMPERATURE;

KOREA;

EID: 84862821538     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.048     Document Type: Article

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