Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in the incidence of bacteremic pneumonia among US adults

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1904-1911

  Burton, Deron C ^a   Flannery, Brendan ^a   Bennett, Nancy M ^b   Farley, Monica M ^c,d   Gershman, Ken ^e   Harrison, Lee H ^f   Lynfield, Ruth ^g   Susan Petit, Ksph ^h   Reingold, Arthur L ⁱ   Schaffner, William ^j   Thomas, Ann ^k   Brian, D ^a   Rose Jr , Charles E ^a   Whitney, Cynthia G ^a   Schuchat, Anne ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ^*  (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h CDC   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POVERTY AREAS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956572030     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.181313     Document Type: Article

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