Geocoding and linking data from population-based surveillance and the US census to evaluate the impact of median household income on the epidemiology of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1212-1218

  Cetron, Martin S ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Censuses; Drug resistance; Socioeconomic status; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MACROLIDE; OFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POPULATION RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032535282     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009611     Document Type: Article

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