Risk factors for meningococcal disease: A case control study in south west england

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 139-146

  Stuart, James M ^a,b   Cartwright, Keith A V ^a,c   Dawson, J Adrian ^a,d   Rickard, Janet ^a,e   Noah, Norman D ^a  

^a Gloucester Health Authority ^*  (United States)

^b Gloucester Public Health Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^c Longfield House ^*  (United States)

^d Departments of Neonatology   (United States)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY SIZE; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84962992644     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a042393     Document Type: Article

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