Short-term weather variability in chicago and hospitalizations for kawasaki disease

Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-201

  Checkley, William ^a   Guzman Cottrill, Judith ^b   Epstein, Leonardo ^c   Innocentini, Nancy ^d   Patz, Jonathan ^e   Shulman, Stanford ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHICAGO; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEATHER;

EID: 66149092724     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181961a9b     Document Type: Article

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