The role of neighborhood level socioeconomic characteristics in Salmonella infections in Michigan (1997-2007): Assessment using geographic information system - (International Journal of Health Geographics (Volume 6))
December 20, 2007 – 7:16 pmBackground
The majority of US disease surveillance systems contain incomplete information regarding socioeconomic status (SES) indicators like household or family income and educational attainment in case reports, which reduces the usefulness of surveillance data for these parameters. We investigated the association between select SES attributes at the neighborhood level and Salmonella infections in the three most populated counties in Michigan using a geographic information system.
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