Modeling the impact of climate variability on diarrhea-associated diseases in Taiwan (1996-2007)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-51

  Chou, Wei Chun ^a   Wu, Jiunn Lin ^b   Wang, Yu Chun ^c   Huang, Hsin ^a,d   Sung, Fung Chang ^d,e   Chuang, Chun Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Diarrhea; Morbidity; Poisson regression model

Indexed keywords

AUTOREGRESSION; CLIMATE FACTORS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; CLIMATIC VARIATION; CONTROL MANAGEMENT; DIARRHEA; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EXTREME RAINFALL; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; LAG-TIME; LONG-TERM TREND; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MORBIDITY; OLDER ADULTS; POISSON REGRESSION MODELS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SEASONALITY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE MODELS; DISEASE CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

RAIN;

CHILD HEALTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EXTREME EVENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MORBIDITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POISSON RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORBIDITY; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 78149358893     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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