Journal article
Weather, season, and daily stroke admissions in Hong Kong.
- Abstract:
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Previous studies examining daily temperature and stroke incidence have given conflicting results. We undertook this retrospective study of all stroke admissions in those aged 35 years old and above to Hong Kong public hospitals from 1999 through 2006 in order to better understand the effects of meteorological conditions on stroke risk in a subtropical setting. We used Poisson Generalized Additive Models with daily hemorrhagic (HS) and ischemic stroke (IS) counts separately as outcomes, and da...
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- Journal:
- International journal of biometeorology
- Volume:
- 56
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 865-872
- Publication date:
- 2012-09-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1432-1254
- ISSN:
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0020-7128
- Source identifiers:
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351886
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- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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pubs:351886
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- Local pid:
- pubs:351886
- Deposit date:
- 2013-11-16
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- 2012
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