Association between climate variability and hospital visits for non-cholera diarrhoea in Bangladesh: Effects and vulnerable groups

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1030-1037

  Hashizume, Masahiro ^a,b   Armstrong, Ben ^a   Hajat, Shakoor ^a   Wagatsuma, Yukiko ^c   Faruque, Abu S G ^d   Hayashi, Taiichi ^e   Sack, David A ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Diarrhoea; Non cholera; Rainfall; Season; Temperature; Time series; Weather

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CHOLERA; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HYGIENE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SANITATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHOLERA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; SANITATION; SEASONS; SOCIAL CLASS; TEMPERATURE; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 35548992788     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym148     Document Type: Article

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