Associations between meteorological factors and aseptic meningitis in six metropolitan Provinces of the Republic of Korea

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Joshi, Yadav Prasad ^a   Kim, Eun Hye ^a   Kim, Jong Hun ^a   Kim, Ho ^b   Cheong, Hae Kwan ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Climate; Enterovirus; Quasi poisson models; Sea surface temperature; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DISEASE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY;

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTH KOREAN; SUNLIGHT; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WEATHER;

KOREA;

ENTEROVIRUS;

CLIMATE; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 85003645745     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13121193     Document Type: Article

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