Rainfall dependence of hospital visits of Aeromonas-positive diarrhoea

Dhaka Megacity: Geospatial Perspectives on Urbanisation, Environment and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 333-344

  Hashizume, Masahiro ^a   Faruque, Abu S G ^b   Dewan, Ashraf M ^c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Climate; Diarrhoea; Rainfall; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947044630     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6735-5_18     Document Type: Chapter

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