The effect of high ambient temperature on emergency room visits

Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 813-820

  Basu, Rupa ^a   Pearson, Dharshani ^b   Malig, Brian ^a   Broadwin, Rachel ^a   Green, Rochelle ^a  

^a California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; CLIMATE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEAT STROKE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867571291     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31826b7f97     Document Type: Article

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