Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/2009
Title: Socio-economic inequality and meningococcal disease
Authors: Stuart, James M. 
Middleton, Nicos 
Gunnell, David J. 
Major Field of Science: Medical and Health Sciences
Keywords: Ecology;Meningococcal disease;Social deprivation
Issue Date: Dec-2002
Source: Communicable Disease and Public Health, 2002, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 327-328
Volume: 5
Issue: 4
Start page: 327
End page: 328
Journal: Communicable Disease and Public Health 
Abstract: Incidence of meningococcal disease was associated with socioeconomic deprivation across a rural English region. In young children the incidence was twice as high in the most deprived compared with the least deprived electoral wards. By addressing social inequalities the incidence of this serious infection could be reduced.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/2009
Type: Article
Affiliation : University of Bristol 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
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