Is Cholera outbreak related to climate factors? Report of seven year study from 21th March 1998-to 21th March 2004 in Iran

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 480-483

  Tavana, A Mehrabi ^a   Fallah, Z ^a   Ataee, R A ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cholera; Climate; Iran; Normal; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLERA; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 33745757049     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2006.480.483     Document Type: Article

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