Association of influenza epidemics with global climate variability

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1055-1059

  Viboud, Cécile ^a,b,e   Pakdaman, Khashayar ^a   Boëlle, Pierre Yves ^a   Wilson, Mark L ^c   Myers, Monica F ^d   Valleron, Alain Jacques ^a   Flahault, Antoine ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b Centre for Electronic Disease Surveillance   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Disease outbreaks statistics numerical data; Ecology; Environment; Influenza epidemiology; Influenza morbidity; Influenza mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EL NINO; FRANCE; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS;

EID: 12444346752     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-004-2450-9     Document Type: Article

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