A study of the short-term associations between hospital admissions and mortality from heart failure and meteorological variables in Hong Kong: Weather and heart failure in Hong Kong.

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Abstract

Previous research has shown winter peaks for both hospitalizations and mortality from HF, but few studies have examined the association between meteorological parameters and HF.

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Journal

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Int. J. Cardiol.

Title: International journal of cardiology

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1874-1754

ISSN (Print): 0167-5273

Publication date (Electronic): Feb 01 2017

Volume: 228

Affiliations

[1 ] Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong. Electronic address: wgoggins@cuhk.edu.hk.

[2 ] Division of Family Medicine, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.

Article

Publisher Item ID: S0167-5273(16)33564-1

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.11.106

PubMed ID: 27875731

SO-VID: 50181268-4ef7-495c-b8c9-cccad0025d4a

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Keywords: Morbidity/mortality,Weather,Modeling,Heart failure,Environment

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Keywords: Morbidity/mortality, Weather, Modeling, Heart failure, Environment

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