Extreme temperatures and emergency department admissions for childhood asthma in Brisbane, Australia

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 730-735

  Xu, Zhiwei ^a   Huang, Cunrui ^b   Hu, Wenbiao ^c   Turner, Lyle R ^a   Su, Hong ^d   Tong, Shilu ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COLD; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ADMISSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLD TEMPERATURE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84884537205     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101538     Document Type: Article

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