Ethnic variations in morbidity and mortality from lower respiratory tract infections: A retrospective cohort study

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 406-417

  Simpson, Colin R ^a   Steiner, Markus F C ^b   Cezard, Genevieve ^a   Bansal, Narinder ^c   Fischbacher, Colin ^d   Douglas, Anne ^a   Bhopal, Raj ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

death; ethnic groups; hospital readmission; hospitalisation; incidence; Respiratory tract infections; secondary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRITISH CITIZEN; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; IRISH (CITIZEN); LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAKISTANI; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTSMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIAN; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; ASIA; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; ODDS RATIO; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ASIA; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84943759637     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0141076815588321     Document Type: Article

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