Greater temperature variation within a day associated with increased emergency hospital admissions for asthma

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 505, Issue , 2015, Pages 508-513

  Qiu, Hong ^a   Yu, Ignatius Tak sun ^a   Tse, Lap Ah ^a   Chan, Emily Y Y ^a   Wong, Tze Wai ^a   Tian, Linwei ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diurnal temperature range; Emergency hospital admission; Temperature variation; Time series study

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; HOSPITALS; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ASTHMA; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TRIGGERS; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; POISSON REGRESSION MODELS; POLLUTION CONCENTRATION; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

DISEASES;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HOSPITAL SECTOR; RISK FACTOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ASTHMA; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE; EMERGENCY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ADULT; CHILD; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84908689768     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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