El Niño and incidence of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in China

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 289, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 176-177

  Bi, Peng ^a   Parton, Kevin A ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CHINA; CRUSH SYNDROME; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037425520     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.2.176-d     Document Type: Letter

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