Does population mixing measure infectious exposure in children at the community level?

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 593-600

  Taylor, John C ^b   Law, Graham R ^a   Boyle, Paul J ^c   Feng, Zhiqiang ^c   Gilthorpe, Mark S ^a   Parslow, Roger C ^a   Rudge, Gavin ^d   Feltbower, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admissions; Hospital episode statistics; Infections population mixing; Residence characteristics; Transients and migrants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA; INTESTINE INFECTION; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENGLAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51749091291     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-008-9272-0     Document Type: Article

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