Association of Kawasaki disease with tropospheric winds in Central Chile: Is wind-borne desert dust a risk factor?

Environment International

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-38

  Jorquera, Héctor ^a,b   Borzutzky, Arturo ^a,c   Hoyos Bachiloglu, Rodrigo ^a,c   García, Alvaro ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable CONICYT FONDAP 15110020   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Kawasaki disease; Tropospheric winds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DUST; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

CHILE; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; KAWASAKI; LINEAR TIME SERIES MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; SANTIAGO , CHILE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TROPOSPHERIC WINDS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

RAIN; DUST;

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DUST; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; KAWASAKI DISEASE; LA NINA; RISK FACTOR; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORNE DESERT DUST; CHILE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST; DYNAMICS; EL NINO; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERIC WIND; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND; WINTER; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; METROPOLITANA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; DUST; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 84923852657     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.02.007     Document Type: Article

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