PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bart, J. L.
AU  - Bourque, D. A.
TI  - Acknowledging the weather-health link
DP  - 1995 Oct 01
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 941--944
VI  - 153
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/153/7/941.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/153/7/941.full
SO  - CMAJ1995 Oct 01; 153
AB  - The impact of weather on health is generally overlooked by physicians. Possible reasons for this include lack of training and insufficient awareness of the significant body of research on human biometeorology. The authors argue that, in the absence of clearly demonstrable causal connections, statistical associations between weather phenomena and health problems should be enough to influence clinical practice. Physicians in Germany make use of daily bulletins from the national weather service to advise patients on the management of common health problems that seem to be exacerbated by certain weather conditions. The authors urge Canadian doctors to follow the lead of their European colleagues by increasing their awareness of the relation between weather and health.