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dc.contributor.authorPaynter, S
dc.contributor.authorWeinstein, P
dc.contributor.authorWare, RS
dc.contributor.authorLucero, MG
dc.contributor.authorTallo, V
dc.contributor.authorNohynek, H
dc.contributor.authorBarnett, AG
dc.contributor.authorSkelly, C
dc.contributor.authorSimoes, EAF
dc.contributor.authorSly, PD
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, G
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-16T06:44:17Z
dc.date.available2017-11-16T06:44:17Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.issn0950-2688
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0950268812001379
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/172322
dc.description.abstractFew studies have formally examined the relationship between meteorological factors and the incidence of child pneumonia in the tropics, despite the fact that most child pneumonia deaths occur there. We examined the association between four meteorological exposures (rainy days, sunshine, relative humidity, temperature) and the incidence of clinical pneumonia in young children in the Philippines using three time-series methods: correlation of seasonal patterns, distributed lag regression, and case-crossover. Lack of sunshine was most strongly associated with pneumonia in both lagged regression [overall relative risk over the following 60 days for a 1-h increase in sunshine per day was 0·67 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0·51–0·87)] and case-crossover analysis [odds ratio for a 1-h increase in mean daily sunshine 8–14 days earlier was 0·95 (95% CI 0·91–1·00)]. This association is well known in temperate settings but has not been noted previously in the tropics. Further research to assess causality is needed.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1328
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1336
dc.relation.ispartofissue6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEpidemiology and Infection
dc.relation.ispartofvolume141
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode111799
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1117
dc.titleSunshine, rainfall, humidity and child pneumonia in the tropics: Time-series analyses
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorWare, Robert


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