Is hand, foot and mouth disease associated with meteorological parameters?

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1779-1788

  Ma, E ^a   Lam, T ^a   Wong, C ^a   Chuang, S K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Climate; Communicable diseases; Epidemiology; Foot and mouth disease (HFMD); Hand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; HONG KONG; INFANT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WIND;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 78149267362     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810002256     Document Type: Article

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