Disparities between black and white children in hospitalizations associated with acute respiratory illness and laboratory-confirmed influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in 3 US counties - 2002-2009

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 656-665

  Iwane, Marika K ^a   Chaves, Sandra S ^b   Szilagyi, Peter G ^b   Edwards, Kathryn M ^b   Hall, Caroline B ^b   Staat, Mary A ^b   Brown, Cedric J ^b   Griffin, Marie R ^b   Weinberg, Geoffrey A ^b   Poehling, Katherine A ^b   Prill, Mila M ^b   Williams, John V ^b   Bridges, Carolyn B ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

child; continental population groups; hospitalization; influenza; respiratory syncytial virus; respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BLACK POPULATION; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY METHOD; RACIAL DISPARITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

EID: 84876005091     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws299     Document Type: Article

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