The effect of temperature and rainfall on psychiatric inpatients' admissions

Autor: Dionisios Bratis, Athanasios Karkanias, Georgios Moussas, Georgios Gournas, Ioannis Ilias, Argiro Pachi, Kalliopi Vassila-Demi, Athanasios Tselebis
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Annals of General Psychiatry, Vol 7, Iss Suppl 1, p S201 (2008)
Popis: Background The effect of weather conditions on the need to admit patients in psychiatric wards has been studied; more particularly this effect has been focused on the influence of exposure to sunlight and ambient temperature. Relative atmospheric humidity and rainfall may influence medical admissions. Thus, the aim of the present study was to assess the effect of ambient temperature and rainfall on Greek inpatients' psychiatric admissions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE