Racial differences in reported lyme disease incidence

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 756-759

  Fix, Alan D ^a   Peña, César A ^b   Strickland, G Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Blacks; Erythema; Lyme disease; Whites

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; LYME DISEASE; RACIAL DISPARITY;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTHRITIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ERYTHEMA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYME DISEASE; MARYLAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034667670     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.8.756     Document Type: Article

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