Absolute humidity, temperature, and influenza mortality: 30 years of county-level evidence from the united states

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue SUPPL. 7, 2012, Pages

  Barreca, Alan I ^a   Shimshack, Jay P ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease susceptibility; Disease transmission infectious; Humidity; Influenza human; Mortality; Temperature; Viruses

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH RISK; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WATER VAPOR;

HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867321901     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws259     Document Type: Article

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