Open AccessAssociation of Normal Weather Periods and El Niño Events With Hospitalization for Viral Pneumonia in Females: California, 1983–1998
Author(s) -
Kristie L. Ebi,
K. Alex Exuzides,
Edmund Lau,
Michael A. Kelsh,
Anthony G. Barnston
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.91.8.1200
Subject(s) - poisson regression , overdispersion , demography , medicine , public health , generalized additive model , pneumonia , population , air temperature , apparent temperature , environmental health , geography , meteorology , relative humidity , statistics , mathematics , sociology , nursing
This study examined associations between weather and hospitalizations of females for viral pneumonia during normal weather periods and El Niño events in the California counties of Sacramento and Yolo, San Francisco and San Mateo, and Los Angeles and Orange.