Is Diurnal Temperature Range a Risk Factor for Childhood Diarrhea?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Xu, Zhiwei ^a   Huang, Cunrui ^b   Turner, Lyle R ^a   Su, Hong ^c   Qiao, Zhen ^a   Tong, Shilu ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 84878408890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064713     Document Type: Article

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