Diurnal temperature range and daily emergency room admissions among the elderly in Beijing, China

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 857-860

  Teng, Huai Jin ^a   Zhen, Shan ^b   Wang, Min Zhen ^b   Li, Bei ^a   Yin, Ling ^a   Li, Jing Xin ^b   Wang, Shi Gong ^b   Zhou, Zhong Yu ^b   Qiu, Hong Yan ^c   Li, Tan Shi ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHINA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; TEMPERATURE;

AGED; BEIJING; CHINA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84887860517     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/bes2013.010     Document Type: Letter

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