Social deprivation and hospital admission for respiratory infection: Ecological study

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1219-1224

  Hawker, Jeremy I ^a   Olowokure, Babatunde ^b   Sufi, Farzana ^c   Weinberg, Julius ^c   Gill, Noel ^c   Wilson, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Hospital admission; Respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0242351158     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(03)00252-X     Document Type: Article

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