Extreme temperature and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Japan: A nationwide, retrospective, observational study

Although several studies have estimated the effect of extreme temperatures on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in a single city or region, few have investigated variations in this association on a national level in Japan. Daily data on OHCAs and weather variations were obtained from the 47 pref...

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Published in:	The Science of the total environment Vol. 575; pp. 258 - 264
Main Authors:	Onozuka, Daisuke, Hagihara, Akihito
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.01.2017
Subjects:	Cardiac arrest Cold Temperature Death, sudden Environmental medicine Epidemiology Hot Temperature Humans Japan - epidemiology meta-analysis morbidity nonlinear models observational studies Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - epidemiology regression analysis relative risk Retrospective Studies Risk Factors risk reduction Ryukyu Archipelago Statistical analysis temperature time series analysis weather INW, Japan, Hokkaido Japan, Nansei-shoto, Okinawa Ryukyu Archipelago Environmental medicine Statistical analysis Death, sudden Epidemiology Cardiac arrest
ISSN:	0048-9697, 1879-1026
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