Geographic and socioeconomic variation in meningococcal disease: A rural/ urban comparison

Journal of Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-66

  Olowokure, Babatunde ^a,e   Onions, Helen ^b   Patel, Divya ^c   Hooson, Joanne ^a   O'Neill, Patricia ^d  

^a Shropshire Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b Telford and Wrekin PCT   (United Kingdom)

^c Shropshire County Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inequalities; Material deprivation; Meningococcal disease; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 30944466621     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.01.013     Document Type: Article

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