Urban morbidity in summer: Ambulance dispatch data, periodicity and weather

Central European Journal of Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 775-782

  Petralli, Martina ^a   Morabito, Marco ^a   Cecchi, Lorenzo ^a   Crisci, Alfonso ^b   Orlandini, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulance response calls; Biometeorology; Emergency calls; Health; Italy; Morbidity; Periodicity; Summer; Urban health; Weather

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MORBIDITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; URBAN AREA; WEATHER;

EID: 84872687703     PISSN: 18951058     EISSN: 16443640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11536-012-0056-2     Document Type: Article

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