Respiratory viral infections and effects of meteorological parameters and air pollution in adults with respiratory symptoms admitted to the emergency room

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-52

  Silva, Denise R ^a   Viana, Vinícius P ^a   Müller, Alice M ^a   Livi, Fernando P ^a   Dalcin, Paulo De Tarso R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Hospitalizations; Influenza like illness; Meteorology; Respiratory viral infections; Severe acute respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOULD; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT; SUN EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THORAX PAIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WHEEZING;

AIR POLLUTION; HOSPITALIZATIONS; INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESS; METEOROLOGY; RESPIRATORY VIRAL INFECTIONS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84890856895     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12158     Document Type: Article

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