Contrasting patterns of hospital admissions and mortality during heat waves: are deaths from circulatory disease a real excess or an artifact?

Mastrangelo, Giuseppe; Hajat, Shakoor; Fadda, Emanuela; Buja, Alessandra; Fedeli, Ugo; Spolaore, Paolo

Mastrangelo, Giuseppe; Hajat, Shakoor; Fadda, Emanuela; Buja, Alessandra; Fedeli, Ugo; Spolaore, Paolo.

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Mastrangelo G; Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, University of Padova, Italy. giuseppe.mastrangelo@unipd.it

Med Hypotheses ; 66(5): 1025-8, 2006.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16413137

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Artifacts; Cardiovascular Diseases/mortality; Heat Stress Disorders/mortality; Hot Temperature; Patient Admission/statistics & numerical data; Risk Assessment/methods; Seasons; Bias; Causality; Cause of Death; Comorbidity; Evidence-Based Medicine; Incidence; Risk Factors; Statistics as Topic; United States

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Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Patient Admission / Seasons / Cardiovascular Diseases / Artifacts / Risk Assessment / Heat Stress Disorders / Hot Temperature Type of study: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Year: 2006 Type: Article

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