Acute impacts of extreme temperature exposure on emergency room admissions related to mental and behavior disorders in Toronto, Canada

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 154-161

  Wang, Xiang ^a,b   Lavigne, Eric ^a   Ouellette Kuntz, Hélène ^b   Chen, Bingshu E ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distributed lag non linear modeling (DLNM); Emergency room admissions; Mental and behavior disorders; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CHILD; COLD; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

DISTRIBUTED LAG NON-LINEAR MODELING (DLNM); EMERGENCY ROOM ADMISSIONS; MENTAL AND BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXTREME COLD; EXTREME HEAT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891865580     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.10.042     Document Type: Article

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