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The influence of weather on community gastroenteritis in Australia

Date

Authors

Hall, Gillian

Hanigan, Ivan

Dear, Keith

Vally, Hassan

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Abstract

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

Keywords

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

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/37112

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Epidemiology and Infection

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1017/S0950268810001901

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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