Relationship between socioeconomic status and gastrointestinal infections in developed countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Natalie L. Adams; Tanith C. Rose; Jeremy Hawker; Mara Violato; Sarah J. O’Brien; Benjamin Barr; Victoria J. K. Howard; Margaret Whitehead; Ross Harris; David C. Taylor-Robinson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0191633

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Relationship between socioeconomic status and gastrointestinal infections in developed countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Natalie L. Adams ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Natalie L. Adams, Tanith C. Rose

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Natalie.Adams@phe.gov.uk

Affiliations NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Gastrointestinal Infections, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom
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Tanith C. Rose ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Natalie L. Adams, Tanith C. Rose

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Gastrointestinal Infections, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5338-0359

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Jeremy Hawker,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Gastrointestinal Infections, Liverpool, United Kingdom, National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom
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Mara Violato,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Gastrointestinal Infections, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Health Economics Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Sarah J. O’Brien,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Gastrointestinal Infections, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Benjamin Barr,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Gastrointestinal Infections, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Victoria J. K. Howard,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Margaret Whitehead ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ MW, Rh, and DCTR are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Gastrointestinal Infections, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Ross Harris ,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ MW, Rh, and DCTR are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom
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David C. Taylor-Robinson

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ MW, Rh, and DCTR are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Gastrointestinal Infections, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Relationship between socioeconomic status and gastrointestinal infections in developed countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Natalie L. Adams,
Tanith C. Rose,
Jeremy Hawker,
Mara Violato,
Sarah J. O’Brien,
Benjamin Barr,
Victoria J. K. Howard,
Margaret Whitehead,
Ross Harris,
David C. Taylor-Robinson

Published: January 23, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191633

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