A study of risk factors for pneumococcal disease among children in a rural area of West Africa

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 885-893

  O'Dempsey, T J D ^a,d   Mcardle, T F ^a   Morris, J ^b   Lloyd Evans, N ^c   Baldeh, I ^a   Laurence, B E ^a   Secka, O ^a   Greenwood, B M ^a  

^a Medical Council Laboratories   (Gambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Children; Pneumococcal disease; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEPTICEMIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029763909     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.4.885     Document Type: Article

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