Meningococcal disease in Catalonia, Spain (1990-1997);Enfermedad meningocócica en Cataluña (1990-1997)

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 123, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 486-489

  Carmona, Gloria ^a,b   Cardeñosa, Neus ^a   Oviedo, Manuel ^a   Orcau, Ángels ^b   Pañella, Helena ^b   Alsedà, Miquel ^c   Escatllar, Núria ^c   Company, Maria ^d   Domínguez, Ángela ^a  

^a GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Delegación Terr de Sanidad   (Spain)

^d Delegación Terr de Sanidad   (Spain)

Author keywords

Incidence rate; Meningococcal disease; Tend

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MENINGOCOCCOSIS;

EID: 9344267134     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13067517     Document Type: Article

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