The Social Life of Infants in the Context of Infectious Disease Transmission; Social Contacts and Mixing Patterns of the Very Young

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  van Hoek, Albert Jan ^a   Andrews, Nick ^a   Campbell, Helen ^a   Amirthalingam, Gayatri ^a   Edmunds, W John ^b   Miller, Elizabeth ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT DURATION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MOTHER; NUMBER OF CONTACTS PER DAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; SOCIAL LIFE; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; WEEKDAY; WEEKEND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT TRACING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 84885805589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076180     Document Type: Article

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