Meteorological conditions and incidence of Legionnaires' disease in Glasgow, Scotland: Application of statistical modelling

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 687-696

  Dunn, C E ^a   Rowlingson, B ^b   Bhopal, R S ^c   Diggle, P ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Legionnaires' disease; statistics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER; WIND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 84874505970     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881200101X     Document Type: Article

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