Neighbourhood child population density as a proxy measure for exposure to respiratory infections in the first year of life: A validation study.

Neighbourhood child population density as a proxy measure for exposure to respiratory infections in the first year of life: A validation study.

BACKGROUND:Assessing exposure to infections in early childhood is of interest in many epidemiological investigations. Because exposure to infections is difficult to measure directly, epidemiological studies have used surrogate measures available from routine data such as birth order and population d...

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Main Authors: Judith E Lupatsch, Christian Kreis, Insa Korten, Philipp Latzin, Urs Frey, Claudia E Kuehni, Ben D Spycher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6135405?pdf=render

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