Temperature as a risk factor for hospitalisations among young children in the Mekong Delta Area, Vietnam

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 529-535

  Phung, Dung ^a   Rutherford, Shannon ^a   Chu, Cordia ^a   Wang, Xiaoming ^b   Nguyen, Minh ^b   Nguyen, Nga Huy ^c   Manh, Cuong ^c   Nguyen, Trung Hieu ^d   Huang, Cunrui ^e  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^d CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIET NAM; HEAT; HOSPITALIZATION; INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; RISK FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84931574248     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102629     Document Type: Article

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