Impact of population size on incidence of rubella and measles in comparison with that of other infectious diseases

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 447-457

  Yoshikura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION SIZE; RUBELLA; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; AGED; CHILD; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; WHOOPING COUGH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; RUBELLA; WHOOPING COUGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910613118     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.67.447     Document Type: Article

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