Do Seasonal Changes and Climate Influence the Etiology of Community Acquired Pneumonia?;¿Influyen la estación y el clima en la etiología de la neumonía adquirida en la comunidad?

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 140-145

  Herrera Lara, Susana ^a   Fernández Fabrellas, Estrella ^a   Cervera Juan, Ángela ^a   Blanquer Olivas, Rafael ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate; Humidity; Pneumonia; Seasonal variation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUMMER; WINTER;

AGED; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 84875806960     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: 15792129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbr.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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