Ischemic heart disease hospitalization among older people in a Subtropical city - Hong Kong: Does winter have a greater impact than summer?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3845-3858

  Chau, Pui Hing ^a   Wong, Moses ^b   Woo, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cold weather; Excess winter morbidity; Hong Kong; Hospitalization; Ischemic heart disease; Older population; Subtropical climate

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ELDERLY POPULATION; GENDER RELATIONS; METEOROLOGY; MORBIDITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS; WINTER;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CITY; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL CITY; SUMMER; TREND STUDY; TROPICS; WINTER;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CITIES; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84897531688     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110403845     Document Type: Article

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