Social deprivation and bacterial meningitis in North East Thames region: Three year study using small area statistics

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7083, 1997, Pages 794-795

  Jones, Ian Rees ^a   Urwin, Gillian ^b   Feldman, Roger A ^b   Banatvala, Nicholas ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0030928826     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7083.794     Document Type: Article

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