North Atlantic weather oscillation and human infectious diseases in the Czech Republic, 1951-2003

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-270

  Hubálek, Zdenek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cluster analysis; Incidence rate; Large scale weather; NAO; Temperature; Weather factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERYSIPELAS; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUMPS; OSCILLATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUBELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SCARLET FEVER; SHIGELLOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TULAREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION; WEATHER; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CZECH REPUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 17644427369     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-004-6518-3     Document Type: Article

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