Risk factors for chickenpox incidence in Taiwan from a large-scale computerized database

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 362-366

  Wu, Po Yuan ^a   Li, Yu Chuan ^a   Wu, Hong Dar Isaac ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34247172197     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.03050.x     Document Type: Article

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