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An increasing pattern of influenza associated mortality risks was also found across the strata of low to high relative humidity, but the results were less consistent for temperature.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>These findings highlight the need for people with chronic cardiovascular and respiratory diseases to take extra caution against influenza during hot and humid days in the subtropics and tropics.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2334-11-342","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,12,14]],"date-time":"2011-12-14T19:23:48Z","timestamp":1323890628000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Effect modification of environmental factors on influenza-associated mortality: a time-series study in two Chinese cities"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Lin","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ping Yan","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jian Feng","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"King Pan","family":"Chan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chun Quan","family":"Ou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ai Ping","family":"Deng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"JS","family":"Malik Peiris","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chit Ming","family":"Wong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2011,12,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"1680_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"114","DOI":"10.3201\/eid1201.050826","volume":"12","author":"A Chow","year":"2006","unstructured":"Chow A, Ma S, Ling AE, Chew SK: Influenza-associated deaths in tropical Singapore. 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