Elimination of seasonal variables--a prerequisite for assessing the correlation of acute respiratory diseases and meteorologic markers
Manuwald, O.; Haase, C.; Mehlhorn, G.; Mey, W.; Steiner, D.; Wilhelm, M.; Zinke, C.
Zeitschrift für die Gesamte Hygiene und ihre Grenzgebiete 34(1): 69-70
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0049-8610 PMID: 3259353 Document Number: 323875
Surveying epidemiology of ARD in relation to meteorological dates there is need to eliminate the seasonality of ARD-dates, when a correlation between ARD-dates and meteorological characteristics is wanted. We found out a method to eliminate weekly and yearly periodical rhythms of ARD-dates.