Acute viral infections of upper respiratory tract in elderly people living in the community: Comparative, prospective, population based study of disease burden

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7115, 1997, Pages 1060-1064

  Nicholson, Karl G ^a   Kent, Julie ^a   Hammersley, Victoria ^a   Cancio, Esperanza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030710196     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7115.1060     Document Type: Article

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