A method for timely assessment of influenza-associated mortality in the United States

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 390-395

  Simonsen, Lone ^a   Clarke, Matthew J ^a   Stroup, Donna F ^b   Williamson, G David ^b   Arden, Nancy H ^a   Cox, Nancy J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Influenza; Models; Mortality; Pneumonia; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); PNEUMONIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030971346     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199707000-00007     Document Type: Article

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