Environmental factors on the SARS epidemic: Air temperature, passage of time and multiplicative effect of hospital infection

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-230

  Lin, Kun ^a   Fong, Daniel Yee Tak ^b   Zhu, Biliu ^a   Karlberg, Johan ^b  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEATHER;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33244486103     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805005054     Document Type: Article

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