Temperature variability and childhood pneumonia: An ecological study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Xu, Zhiwei ^a   Hu, Wenbiao ^a   Tong, Shilu ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Pneumonia; Temperature variability

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PNEUMONIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD PNEUMONIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; AIR POLLUTANT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; QUEENSLAND; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84907608457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-51     Document Type: Article

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