id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-329459-k55ldc3m Zhang, Xuan Correlation Analysis of Rubella Incidence and Meteorological Variables Based on Chinese Medicine Theory of Yunqi 2018-11-22 .txt text/plain 2705 142 45 OBJECTIVE: To analyze the correlations between the incidence of rubella and meteorological factors over the same period and previous periods including 1, 2, 3 and 4 year ago (defined according to Chinese medicine Yunqi theory of "pestilence occurring after 3 years") and establish the rubella-meteorological forecast models for Beijing area, China. METHODS: Data regarding the incidence of rubella between 1990 and 2004 from Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the meteorological variables including daily average temperatures, daily average wind speeds, average precipitations, average relative humidity, average vapor pressures and average low cloud covers between 1986 and 2004 were collected from the Beijing Meteorological Observatory. We also found that average temperature and average relative humidity, especially in the current year, were selected as vital meteorological factors because they made the largest contributions to the rubella-meteorological forecasting models, as indicated in the back propagation artificial neural network analysis. ./cache/cord-329459-k55ldc3m.txt ./txt/cord-329459-k55ldc3m.txt