Effect of temperature and precipitation on salmonellosis cases in South-East Queensland, Australia: An observational study

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Stephen, Dimity Maree ^a   Barnett, Adrian Gerard ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTUMN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRECIPITATION; SALMONELLOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER; WINTER; INCIDENCE; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 84960398307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010204     Document Type: Article

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