Impact of temperature on childhood pneumonia estimated from satellite remote sensing

Environmental Research

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 334-341

  Xu, Zhiwei ^a   Liu, Yang ^b   Ma, Zongwei ^b   Li, Shenghui ^c   Hu, Wenbiao ^a   Tong, Shilu ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Children; Heat waves; Pneumonia; Remote sensing; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD SPELL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HEAT WAVE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE RELATED PHENOMENA;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

CHILDREN; HEAT WAVES; PNEUMONIA; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; QUEENSLAND; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84900425764     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.04.021     Document Type: Article

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