Relationship between illness-associated absence in day-care children and weather parameters

Public Health

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 349-353

  Sennerstam, R B ^a   Moberg, K ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Day care; Weather parameters

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PLAY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWEDEN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEATHER;

ABSENTEEISM; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SWEDEN; WEATHER;

EID: 2642540830     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2003.10.011     Document Type: Article

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