Meningococcal disease and meteorological conditions in Auckland, New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 212-218

  Lindsay, Andrew P ^a   Hope, Virginia ^b   Marshall, Roger J ^b   Salinger, Jim ^c  

^a Co Manukau District Health Board ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; FORECASTING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; METEOROLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEW ZEALAND; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036452910     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2002.tb00676.x     Document Type: Article

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