Boosted regression tree model-based assessment of the impacts of meteorological drivers of hand, foot and mouth disease in Guangdong, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 553, Issue , 2016, Pages 366-371

  Zhang, Wangjian ^a   Du, Zhicheng ^a   Zhang, Dingmei ^a   Yu, Shicheng ^b   Hao, Yuantao ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Facilitating effect; HFMD; Meteorological factors; Nonlinear

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EARLY WARNING AND RESPONSE; FACILITATING EFFECT; HFMD; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NONLINEAR; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION;

WIND;

CHILD HEALTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HEALTH IMPACT; NONLINEARITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BOOSTED REGRESSION TREE; CHILD; CHINA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUNSHINE; TEMPERATURE; VAPOR; WEATHER; WIND; ADOLESCENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84959318841     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.023     Document Type: Article

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