Sunshine, rainfall, humidity and child pneumonia in the tropics: Time-series analyses

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1328-1336

  Paynter, S ^a   Weinstein, P ^a,b   Ware, R S ^a   Lucero, M G ^c   Tallo, V ^c   Nohynek, H ^d   Barnett, A G ^e   Skelly, C ^a   Simoes E A F ^f   Sly, P D ^a   Williams, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infectious disease epidemiology

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RAIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PHILIPPINES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNSHINE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; ODDS RATIO; PHILIPPINES; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84876895742     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812001379     Document Type: Article

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