Monitoring mortality as an indicator of influenza in Catalonia, Spain

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 293-298

  Domínguez, Àngela ^a,b,e   Muñoz, Pilar ^c   Martínez, Anna ^b   Orcau, Angels ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Publich Health Agency of Catalonia   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d Territorial Delegation of Health   (Spain)

^e Direcció General de Salut Públiea   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MODEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SPAIN;

EID: 0029992169     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.3.293     Document Type: Article

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