Weather and the transmission of bacillary dysentery in Jinan, Northern China: A time-series analysis

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-66

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SHIGELLOSIS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHINA; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 41749105807     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300109     Document Type: Article

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