Modeling and syndromic surveillance for estimating weather-induced heat-related Illness

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Perry, Alexander G ^a,b   Korenberg, Michael J ^b   Hall, Geoffrey G ^a,b   Moore, Kieran M ^a,b  

^a Public Health Informatics Group Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health ^*  (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT INJURY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEAT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXTREME HEAT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ONTARIO; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959259852     PISSN: 16879805     EISSN: 16879813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/750236     Document Type: Article

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