Abstract
Methods
Meteorological data, provided by the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) of Taiwan, were interpolated to create representative estimates
of mean diurnal temperatures for 352 townships. Psychiatric inpatient admissions enrolled in the national health-care insurance
system were retrieved from the 1996–2007 Psychiatric Inpatient Medical Claim (PIMC) dataset. The generalized linear mixed
models with Poisson distribution were used to evaluate the relative risks of mean diurnal temperature with respect to increased
admissions for bipolar disorder, while adjusting for internal correlations and demographic covariates.
of mean diurnal temperatures for 352 townships. Psychiatric inpatient admissions enrolled in the national health-care insurance
system were retrieved from the 1996–2007 Psychiatric Inpatient Medical Claim (PIMC) dataset. The generalized linear mixed
models with Poisson distribution were used to evaluate the relative risks of mean diurnal temperature with respect to increased
admissions for bipolar disorder, while adjusting for internal correlations and demographic covariates.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Paper
- Pages 1-8
- DOI 10.1007/s00127-012-0542-5
- Authors
- Tzu-I Sung, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No. 138, Sheng-Li Rd, Tainan, 704 Taiwan
- Mu-Jean Chen, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No. 138, Sheng-Li Rd, Tainan, 704 Taiwan
- Huey-Jen Su, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No. 138, Sheng-Li Rd, Tainan, 704 Taiwan
- Journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Online ISSN 1433-9285
- Print ISSN 0933-7954