Nationwide variation in the effects of temperature on infectious gastroenteritis incidence in Japan

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Onozuka, Daisuke ^a   Hagihara, Akihito ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RISK; TEMPERATURE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RISK; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84938944535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12932     Document Type: Article

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