The impact of climate on Leptospirosis in São Paulo, Brazil

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 233-241

  Coelho, Micheline S Z S ^a   Massad, Eduardo ^b,c  

^a Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INMET)   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Hospital admission; Leptospirosis; Negative binomial regression

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CITY; CLIMATE; HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

BRAZIL; CITIES; CLIMATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; TEMPERATURE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84857062826     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-011-0419-4     Document Type: Article

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