Climate variations and salmonellosis transmission in Adelaide, South Australia: A comparison between regression models

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 179-187

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Bi, Peng ^a   Hiller, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Multiple linear regression; Poisson; Salmonellosis; SARIMA; Time series

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMETRY; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BIOMETRY; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 37249094024     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-007-0109-4     Document Type: Article

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