Relationship of cholera incidence to El Nio and solar activity elucidated by time-series analysis

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-107

  Ohtomo, K ^a,b   Kobayashi, N ^a   Sumi, A ^a   Ohtomo, N ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Natural Energy Research Center (NERC)   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholera; SST; Sunspot number; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EL NINO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR ENERGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; CLIMATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 73349104951     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990203     Document Type: Article

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