Incidence of infectious diseases and survival among the Roma population: A longitudinal cohort study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 262-266

  Casals, Martí ^a,b,c,d   Pila, Pilar ^a   Langohr, Klaus ^c   Millet, Juan Pablo ^a,b   Caylà, Joan A ^a  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRISONER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYPSIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859787620     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq204     Document Type: Article

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