Influence of age, gender and smoking on Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis antibody titres in an elderly population

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 485-489

  Kurtti, Pasi ^a   Isoaho, Raimo ^b   Von Hertzen, Leena ^c   Keistinen, Timo ^a   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^a   Leinonen, Maija ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Finnish Lung Health Association   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PNEUMOLYSIN;

AGE; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL AREA; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030705957     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709011859     Document Type: Article

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