The magnitude of variation in temperature within a year has an effect on the seasonal variations of chickenpox incidence in Japan

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 269-277

  Kokaze, A ^a   Yoshida, M ^a   Sekine, Y ^a   Ishikawa, M ^a   Kurokochi, T ^a   Uchida, Y ^a   Matsunaga, N ^a   Takashima, Y ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

CHICKENPOX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035006734     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268801005246     Document Type: Article

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