Effect of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status on pandemic H1N1-related outcomes in Massachusetts

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Placzek, Hilary ^a,b   Madoff, Lawrence ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HEALTHCORE INC   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; PANDEMIC; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; ANCESTRY GROUP; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PANDEMICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84891683349     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301626     Document Type: Article

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