Seasonal modification of the association between temperature and adult emergency department visits for asthma: A case-crossover study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Buckley, Jessie P ^a   Richardson, David B ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Case crossover; Season; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CROSSOVER STUDY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868524375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-55     Document Type: Article

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