Weather variability and paediatric infectious gastroenteritis

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1369-1378

  Onozuka, D ^a   Hashizume, M ^b  

^a FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; humidity; infectious gastroenteritis (IG); temperature; weather

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; JAPAN; MORBIDITY; NOROVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 80053102578     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810002451     Document Type: Article

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