Associations between extreme precipitation and gastrointestinal-related hospital admissions in Chennai, India

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 249-254

  Bush, Kathleen F ^a   O'Neill, Marie S ^a   Li, Shi ^a   Mukherjee, Bhramar ^a   Hu, Howard ^b   Ghosh, Santu ^c   Balakrishnan, Kalpana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895134057     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1306807     Document Type: Article

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