Effect of El Niño and ambient temperature on hospital admissions for diarrhoeal diseases in Peruvian children.

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Published in Lancet on February 05, 2000

Authors

W Checkley1, L D Epstein, R H Gilman, D Figueroa, R I Cama, J A Patz, R E Black

Author Affiliations

1: Department of International Health, The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

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