The effects of heat stress and its effect modifiers on stroke hospitalizations in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 557-565

  Ha, Sandie ^a   Talbott, Evelyn O ^b   Kan, Haidong ^c   Prins, Cindy A ^a   Xu, Xiaohui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Effect modifier; Heat; Heat wave; Lag effects; Stroke; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84904791517     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-013-0897-2     Document Type: Article

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