An initial investigation of the association between the SARS outbreak and weather: With the view of the environmental temperature and its variation

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 186-192

  Tan, Jianguo ^a   Mu, Lina ^b   Huang, Jiaxin ^a   Yu, Shunzhang ^b   Chen, Bingheng ^b   Yin, Jun ^a  

^a Shanghai Urban Environ M R C   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIRAL DISEASE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CASE STUDY; CHINA; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROL STRATEGY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCUBATION TIME; METEOROLOGY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIROGENESIS; WEATHER; WINTER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ASIA; BEIJING; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; HONG KONG; SHANXI; TAIYUAN; WORLD;

EID: 14344263848     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.020180     Document Type: Article

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