Risk factors of direct heat-related hospital admissions during the 2009 heatwave in Adelaide, Australia: A matched case-control study

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Nitschke, Monika ^b   Krackowizer, Antoinette ^c   Dear, Keith ^d   Pisaniello, Dino ^c   Weinstein, Philip ^c   Tucker, Graeme ^b   Shakib, Sepehr ^e   Bi, Peng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b South Australian Department for Health and Ageing   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d DUKE KUNSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY BUTTON; EMERGENCY CALL SYSTEM; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HEATWAVE; HIGH SCHOOL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTECTION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXTREME HEAT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84974695733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010666     Document Type: Article

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