Effects of weather variability and air pollutants on emergency admissions for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 416-430

  Hori, Aya ^a   Hashizume, Masahiro ^b   Tsuda, Yoko ^a   Tsukahara, Teruomi ^a   Nomiyama, Tetsuo ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

air pollution; cardiovascular disease; climate; hospital admission; stroke

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DISEASE CONTROL; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFLUENZA; NUMERICAL MODEL; POISSON RATIO; STROKE; WEATHER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEASONS; STROKE; TEMPERATURE;

PNEUMOVIRUS;

EID: 84866286265     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2011.650155     Document Type: Article

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