Correlation between aerial insecticide spraying to interrupt West Nile Virus transmission and emergency department visits in Sacramento county, California

Public Health Reports

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 221-230

  Geraghty, Estella M ^a   Margolis, Helene G ^a   Kjemtrup, Anne ^b   Reisen, William ^a   Franks, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Vector Borne Disease Section   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; OZONE; PYRETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHNICITY; EYE DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; ICD-9; INCOME; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INSECTICIDES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PYRETHRINS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879512248     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491312800312     Document Type: Article

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