RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Acknowledging the weather-health link
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 941
OP 944
VO 153
IS 7
A1 Bart, J. L.
A1 Bourque, D. A.
YR 1995
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/153/7/941.abstract
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.