A mixed method to evaluate burden of malaria due to flooding and waterlogging in Mengcheng County, China: A case study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Ding, Guoyong ^a,b   Gao, Lu ^a   Li, Xuewen ^a   Zhou, Maigeng ^c   Liu, Qiyong ^a,d   Ren, Hongyan ^e   Jiang, Baofa ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CASE STUDY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; FLOODING; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PATHOGEN LOAD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; WATERLOGGING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901369712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097520     Document Type: Article

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