Positive association between ambient temperature and salmonellosis notifications in New Zealand, 1965-2006

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-129

  Britton, Emma ^a   Hales, Simon ^a   Venugopal, Kamalesh ^a   Baker, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate; Salmonella infections; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLOSIS; SEASON; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEW ZEALAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77952203669     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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