Acute rheumatic fever associated with household crowding in a developed country

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 315-319

  Jaine, Richard ^a   Baker, Michael ^a   Venugopal, Kamalesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute rheumatic fever; Crowding; New Zealand; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROWDING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ETHNICITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 79954889001     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181fbd85b     Document Type: Article

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