Association of monthly frequencies of diverse diseases in the calls to the public emergency service of the city of Buenos Aires during 1999-2004 with meteorological variables and seasons

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-90

  Alexander, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Climate; Diseases; Emergency service; Seasonal behavior

Indexed keywords

ANGINA; SYNCOPE;

EID: 84871515213     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-012-0536-8     Document Type: Article

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