Association between population prevalence of smoking and incidence of meningococcal disease in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands between 1975 and 2009: A population-based time series analysis
Objective: To investigate the relationship between the prevalence of smoking in the population and incidence of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) among children under 5 years of age. Design: Retrospective, longitudinal, observational study. Poisson regression controlled for confounding factors. Setting: Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands between 1975 and 2009. Population: Total population of approximately 35 million people in these four countries. Data sources: Data were collected from the Ministries of Health, National Statistics Bureaus and other relevant national institutes. Res... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Journal article |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
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BMJ Publishing Group
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26820903 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003312 |