Effect of meteorological and geographical factors on the epidemics of hand, foot, and mouth disease in island-type territory, East Asia

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lee, Chang Chun David ^a   Tang, Jia Hong ^b   Hwang, Jing Shiang ^b   Shigematsu, Mika ^c   Chan, Ta Chien ^d  

^a GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEW; EPIDEMIC; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; JAPAN; LATITUDE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SINGAPORE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE; VISIBILITY; WEATHER; WIND; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FAR EAST; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL);

ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FAR EAST; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; ISLANDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84939169393     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/805039     Document Type: Article

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