The effects of weather conditions on measles incidence in Guangzhou, Southern China

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1104-1110

  Yang, Qiongying ^a,b   Fu, Chuanxi ^a   Wang, Naizhen ^c   Dong, Zhiqiang ^a   Hu, Wensui ^a   Wang, Ming ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of General Surgery 456th Hospital of PLA   (China)

Author keywords

China; Distributed lag non linear model; Effect; Measles; Weather condition

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; METEOROLOGY; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEASLES; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899892242     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.27826     Document Type: Article

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