Cyclicity in incidence variations of meningococcal infections in Bulgaria is similar to that of solar activity

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 114-116

  Dimitrov, B D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Cyclicity; Incidence; Meningococcal meningitis; Solar activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULGARIA; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLAR ENERGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BULGARIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PERIODICITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0034015096     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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