The impact of heatwaves on emergency department visits in Brisbane, Australia: A time series study

Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Toloo, Ghasem S ^a   Yu, Weiwei ^a   Aitken, Peter ^a   FitzGerald, Gerry ^a   Tong, Shilu ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HEAT STRESS; HEATWAVE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; ICD-10; ICD-9; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEAT EXHAUSTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; TRENDS; TROPIC CLIMATE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899985204     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc13826     Document Type: Article

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