The influence of temperature and humidity on the incidence of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Japan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 410-411, Issue , 2011, Pages 119-125

  Onozuka, Daisuke ^a   Hashizume, Masahiro ^b  

^a Department of Public Health and Medical Affairs   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Hand, foot, and mouth disease; Humidity; Temperature; Weather

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE; CLIMATIC CHANGES; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; FUKUOKA , JAPAN; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HAND, FOOT, AND MOUTH DISEASE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS; WEATHER; WEATHER PARAMETERS; WEATHER VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

TEMPERATURE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CHILD HEALTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIRAL DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

FUKUOKA [KYUSHU]; JAPAN; KYUSHU;

EID: 80655133066     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.055     Document Type: Article

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