Effects of El Nino and ambient temperature on hospital admissions for diarrhoeal diseases in Peruvian children

Lancet

Volumn 355, Issue 9202, 2000, Pages 442-450

  Checkley, William ^a,b   Epstein, Leonardo D ^a,c   Gilman, Robert H ^a   Figueroa, Dante ^d   Cama, Rosa I ^a,b   Patz, Jonathan A ^a   Black, Robert E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MALE; SEASON; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

CHILD; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PERU; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 0034606790     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)82010-3     Document Type: Article

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