Airborne infectious diseases during infancy and mortality in later life in southern Sweden, 1766-1894

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 286-294

  Bengtsson, Tommy ^a   Lindström, Martin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airborne infectious disease; Early life; Infant mortality; Life course perspective; Old age mortality

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; INFANT MORTALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMALLPOX; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUMMER; SWEDEN; WINTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0038187645     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg061     Document Type: Article

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