The influence of weather on community gastroenteritis in Australia

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2011

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Hall, Gillian
Hanigan, Ivan
Dear, Keith
Vally, Hassan

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Cambridge University Press

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Infectious gastroenteritis is a common illness in Australia as elsewhere. Data from a year-long national gastroenteritis survey in 2001-2002 showed that gastroenteritis was more common in the northern and hotter part of Australia. These data were used to

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Keywords: rain; article; Australia; causal attribution; climate change; controlled study; correlational study; environmental factor; female; gastroenteritis; human; human impact (environment); male; prediction; seasonal variation; social status; temperature depende Climate (impact of); community epidemics; gastroenteritis

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Epidemiology and Infection

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2037-12-31

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