A systematic review and meta-analysis of ambient temperature and diarrhoeal diseases

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 117-130

  Carlton, Elizabeth J ^a   Woster, Andrew P ^a   DeWitt, Peter ^a   Goldstein, Rebecca S ^b   Levy, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Climate change; Diarrhoea; Vulnerability; Weather

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA QUALITY; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEALTH RISK; INFANT MORTALITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; PROTOZOAN; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VIRAL DISEASE; VULNERABILITY; WEATHER;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS STRAIN; VULNERABLE POPULATION; HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIARRHEA; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84964039883     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv296     Document Type: Review

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