Effects of extreme temperatures on cardiovascular emergency hospitalizations in a Mediterranean region: a self-controlled case series study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Ponjoan, Anna ^a,b,c   Blanch, Jordi ^a   Alves Cabratosa, Lia ^a   Martí Lluch, Ruth ^a,b,c   Comas Cufí, Marc ^a   Parramon, Dídac ^a,d   Del Mar Garcia Gil, María ^a   Ramos, Rafel ^a,e   Petersen, Irene ^f,g  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI D'INVESTIGACIÓ EN ATENCIÓ PRIMÀRIA JORDI GOL   (Spain)

^b GIRONA BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBGI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cold snap; Coronary heart disease; Heart failure; Heat; Hospital admissions; Stroke; Weather

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT WAVE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLD CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HEAT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COLD; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

CATALONIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 85016815605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-017-0238-0     Document Type: Article

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