Environmental temperature, cholera, and acute diarrhoea in adults in Lima, Peru

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 399-403

  Lama, Javier R ^a   Seas, Carlos R ^a,b   León Barúa, Raúl ^a   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^a,b   Sack, R Bradley ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

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

Author keywords

Acute; Cholera; Diarrhoea; El Nino; Environment; Peru; Retrospective studies; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIODICITY; PERU; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERU; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 12144278345     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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