Meningococcal disease and meningitis: A review of deaths proceeding to coroner directed autopsy in Auckland

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1086, 1999, Pages 134-136

  John, S M ^a   Koelmeyer, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CORONER; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FATALITY; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033597012     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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