Ambient temperature and spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage: A crosssectional analysis in Tainan, Taiwan

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Fang, Chen Wen ^a,b   Ma, Mi Chia ^c   Lin, Huey Juan ^d   Chen, Chih Hung ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAIWAN;

EID: 84863672635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000842     Document Type: Article

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