Is greater temperature change within a day associated with increased emergency hospital admissions for heart failure?

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 930-935

  Qiu, Hong ^a   Yu, Ignatius Tak Sun ^a   Tse, Lap Ah ^a   Tian, Linwei ^a   Wang, Xiaorong ^a   Wong, Tze Wai ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diurnal temperature range; Emergency hospital admission; Heart failure; Temperature variation; Time series study

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WINTER;

DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE; EMERGENCY HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HEART FAILURE; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TIME SERIES STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLD TEMPERATURE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887424224     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.113.000360     Document Type: Article

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