The impact of temperature and relative humidity on spatiotemporal patterns of infant bronchiolitis epidemics in the contiguous United States

Health and Place

Volumn 45, Issue , 2017, Pages 46-54

  Sloan, Chantel ^a   Heaton, Matthew ^a   Kang, Sorah ^a   Berrett, Candace ^a   Wu, Pingsheng ^b   Gebretsadik, Tebeb ^b   Sicignano, Nicholas ^c,d   Evans, Amber ^d   Lee, Rees ^e   Hartert, Tina ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Health ResearchTx   (United States)

^d Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center   (United States)

^e WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Respiratory; RSV; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CLIMATE EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; SEASON; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR;

UNITED STATES;

RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

BRONCHIOLITIS; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SEASONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85014827844     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.02.010     Document Type: Article

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