Short term effects of weather on Hand, foot and mouth disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Hii, Yien Ling ^a   Rocklöv, Joacim ^a   Ng, Nawi ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGAPORE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; WEATHER; RISK; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; RAIN; RISK; SINGAPORE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 79951829309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016796     Document Type: Article

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