Kawasaki disease in England: Ethnicity, deprivation, and respiratory pathogens

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-24

  Harnden, Anthony ^a   Mayon White, Richard ^a   Perera, Rafael ^a   Yeates, David ^a   Goldacre, Michael ^a   Burgner, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

epidemiology; ethnicity; Kawasaki disease; respiratory pathogens

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 66149089475     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181812ca4     Document Type: Article

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