The effect of meteorological factors on adolescent hand, foot, and mouth disease and associated effect modifiers

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wu, Haixia ^a   Wang, Hongchun ^b   Wang, Qingzhou ^b   Xin, Qinghua ^c   Lin, Hualiang ^d  

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

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shandong Academy of Occupational Health and Occupational Medicine   (China)

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

Author keywords

Hand, foot and mouth disease; Mean temperature; Relative humidity; Weather

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84924304583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.24664     Document Type: Article

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