Environmental factors and seasonal influenza onset in Okayama City, Japan: Case-crossover study

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-103

  Tsuchihashi, Yuuki ^a   Yorifujr, Takashi ^a   Takao, Soshi ^a   Suzuki, Etsuji ^a   Mori, Shigeru ^b   Doi, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsuda, Toshihide ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Pediatrics   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Case crossover study; Humidity; Seasonal influenza in humans; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA; JAPAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 79955733977     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: 0386300X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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