Relating weather types to asthma-related hospital admissions in New York State

EcoHealth

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 427-439

  Lee, Cameron C ^a   Sheridan, Scott C ^a   Lin, Shao ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; New York; spatial synoptic classification; SSC; synoptic climatology; weather types

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877803930     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-012-0803-5     Document Type: Article

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