Pertussis (whooping cough) epidemiology in waikato, New Zealand: 2000-2009

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1332, 2011, Pages 52-61

  Wall, Richard ^a   Bell, Anita ^b   Theobald, Jason ^b  

^a WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b Population Health   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; PERTUSSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EPIDEMICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WHOOPING COUGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955433501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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