El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and dysentery in Shandong province, China

Environmental Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-120

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Bi, Peng ^a   Wang, Guoyong ^b   Hiller, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Hlth Dis Prev Ctr Shandong Prov   (China)

Author keywords

Climate; Dysentery; Southern Oscillation Index; Time series

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSENTERY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HEALTH RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSENTERY; EL NINO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX;

CHINA; DYSENTERY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANDONG;

EID: 33845441914     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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