Association between Childhood Diarrhoeal Incidence and Climatic Factors in Urban and Rural Settings in the Health District of Mbour, Senegal

Association between Childhood Diarrhoeal Incidence and Climatic Factors in Urban and Rural Settings in the Health District of Mbour, Senegal

We assessed the association between childhood diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors in rural and urban settings in the health district of Mbour in western Senegal. We used monthly diarrhoeal case records among children under five years registered in 24 health facilities over a four-year period (...

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Main Authors: Sokhna Thiam, Aminata N. Diène, Ibrahima Sy, Mirko S. Winkler, Christian Schindler, Jacques A. Ndione, Ousmane Faye, Penelope Vounatsou, Jürg Utzinger, Guéladio Cissé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-09-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
diarrhoea
negative binomial regression
rainfall
seasonality
temperature
Senegal
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/9/1049

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