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Original Article

Crowding as a risk factor of meningococcal disease in Danish preschool children: A nationwide population-based case-control study

Susanna Deutch From the Research Unit Q, Department of Infectious Diseases, Skejby Sygehus, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark; Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Aarhus C, Aalborg Hospital, 9000, Aalborg, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rodrigo Labouriau National Centre for Register-based Research, University of Aarhus, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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Henrik C. Schønheyeder Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg Hospital, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark
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Lars Østergaard From the Research Unit Q, Department of Infectious Diseases, Skejby Sygehus, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark
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Bente Nørgård Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Aarhus C, Aalborg Hospital, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark
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Henrik Toft Sørensen Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Aarhus C, Aalborg Hospital, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark
Pages 20-23 | Received 10 Jul 2003, Accepted 20 Oct 2003, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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