It takes a village: Community education predicts paediatric lower-respiratory infection risk better than maternal education

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-135

  Gessner, Bradford D ^a   Chimonas, Marc Andre R ^a   Grady, Sue C ^b  

^a Alaska Division of Public Health   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75249083904     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.087981     Document Type: Article

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