Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 28-31 , February 2008

Does a cold rainy day keep the patients away?

  • Jennifer A. Davidson, MBBS, FACEM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Liverpool Hospital, Locked Bag 7103, Liverpool BC, NSW 1871, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 9828 3990; fax: +61 2 9828 3984.
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  • William Sargent, MBChB

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Liverpool Hospital, Locked Bag 7103, Liverpool BC, NSW 1871, Australia
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  • Anna Holdgate, MBBS, FACEM, MMed

      Affiliations

    • Director of Emergency Medicine Research Unit, Liverpool Hospital, University of New South Wales, Australia
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  • Bin Jalaludin, MBBS MRCP (UK) FAFPHM PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Research, Evidence Management and Surveillance, Sydney South West Area Health Service and School of Public Health and Community, Medicine University of New South Wales, Australia

Received 20 August 2007 ,Accepted 2 October 2007.

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PII: S1574-6267(07)00227-3

doi: 10.1016/j.aenj.2007.10.001

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 28-31 , February 2008

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