Incidence and Seasonality of Kawasaki Disease in Children in the Philippines, and Its Association with Ambient Air Temperature

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Celis-Seposo, Aden Kay, Madaniyazi, Lina, Seposo, Xerxes, Hashizume, Masahiro, Yoshida, Lay Myint, Toizumi, Michiko
• التنسيق: text
• منشور في: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• الموضوعات: children’s environmental health; environmental epidemiology; Kawasaki disease; Philippines; seasonality; temperature; Cardiovascular Diseases; Environmental Public Health; Medicine and Health Sciences; Pediatrics; Public Health
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asmph-pubs/155; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/asmph-pubs/article/1159/viewcontent/fped_12_1358638.pdf
• المؤسسة: Ateneo De Manila University

Background Despite an unknown cause, Kawasaki disease (KD) is currently the primary leading cause of acquired heart disease in developed countries in children and has been increasing in recent years. Research efforts have explored environmental factors related to KD, but they are still unclear espec...