Relationship of climate, ethnicity and socioeconomic status to Kawasaki disease in San Diego County, 1994 through 1998

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1087-1091

  Bronstein, David E ^a   Dille, Amy N ^a   Austin, Jared P ^a   Williams, Christine M ^c   Palinkas, Lawrence A ^b   Burns, Jane C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c San Diego County Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Epidemiology; Pediatric cardiac disease; Risk factors; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLIMATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033694721     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200011000-00012     Document Type: Article

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