Influence of meteorological factors and air pollution on the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 258-265

  Cai, Quan Cai ^a,b   Lu, Jian ^b   Xu, Qin Feng ^a   Guo, Qiang ^b   Xu, De Zhong ^c   Sun, Qing Wen ^b   Yang, Hua ^d   Zhao, Gen Ming ^a   Jiang, Qing Wu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution index (API); Ecological study; Logistic model; Meteorological factors; Secondary attack rate; Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; INDEX METHOD; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SYMPTOM;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SUNLIGHT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WIND;

AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WEATHER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33947276433     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.09.023     Document Type: Article

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