Infectious disease mortality in two Outer Hebridean islands: 1. Measles, pertussis and influenza

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 455-471

  Clegg, E J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Marischal College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFLUENZA; MEASLES; MORTALITY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERTUSSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEBRIDES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCOTLAND; WHOOPING COUGH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038792088     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460210157420     Document Type: Article

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