Non-linear association between exposure to ambient temperature and children's hand- foot-and-mouth disease in Beijing, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Xu, Meimei ^a   Yu, Weiwei ^b   Tong, Shilu ^c   Jia, Lei ^d   Liang, Fengchao ^a   Pan, Xiaochuan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEIJING; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84937896218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126171     Document Type: Article

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