Spatial-Temporal Clusters and Risk Factors of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease at the District Level in Guangdong Province, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Deng, Te ^a   Huang, Yong ^a   Yu, Shicheng ^b   Gu, Jing ^a   Huang, Cunrui ^c   Xiao, Gexin ^b   Hao, Yuantao ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84874338902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056943     Document Type: Article

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