Dengue fever and El Niño/Southern Oscillation in Queensland, Australia: A time series predictive model

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 307-311

  Hu, Wenbiao ^a   Clements, Archie ^a,b   Williams, Gail ^a   Tong, Shilu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EL NINO; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLIMATE; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUEENSLAND; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 77953785379     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.044966     Document Type: Article

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