A comparative cohort study of the effect of rainfall andtemperature on diarrhoeal disease in faecal sludge andnon-faecal sludge applying communities, Northern Ghana

Journal of Water and Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 90-102

  Seidu, Razak ^a   Stenström, Thor Axel ^a,b   Löfman, Owe ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Rainfall; Risk factors; Seasonality; Sludge application; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DIARRHOEA; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; POISSON REGRESSION MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONALITY;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

RAIN;

COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEASONALITY; SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

GHANA;

EID: 84879365410     PISSN: 20402244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2013.032     Document Type: Article

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