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. S...

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Main Authors: Norheim, G, Sadarangani, M, Omar, O, Yu, L, Mølbak, K, Howitz, M, Olcén, P, Haglund, M, van der Ende, A, Pollard, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2014