Temperature and atmospheric pressure may be considered as predictors for the occurrence of bacillary dysentery in Guangzhou, Southern China

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 382-384

  Li, Tiegang ^a   Yang, Zhicong ^a   Wang, Ming ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bacillary dysentery; Correlation; Weather factors

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHILD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SHIGELLOSIS; SUN; WIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905166264     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0144-2013     Document Type: Article

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