Figure 4.

Changing Effect of UV Radiation on Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Risk by Age Group. Figure constructed by performing meta-regression using age-stratum specific estimates of the effect of a single unit increase clear-sky UV index on the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease. A log-linear increase in the effect of UV index is observed with decreasing age.

White et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2009 9:196   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-9-196
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