Association of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and weather factors in Junan County, China: A case-crossover study

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 697-705

  Liu, J ^a   Xue, F Z ^a   Wang, J Z ^a   Liu, Q Y ^a,b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Amount of precipitation; atmospheric temperature; case crossover study; haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRECIPITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WEATHER;

CHINA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 84874505616     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812001434     Document Type: Article

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