Time-series analysis of the relation between influenza virus and hospital admissions of the elderly in Ontario, Canada, for pneumonia, chronic lung disease, and congestive heart failure

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-92

  Upshur, R E G ^a   Knight, Keith ^b   Goel, Vivek ^b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Heart failure, congestive; Hospital records; Influenza; Lung diseases, obstructive; Pneumonia; Time

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032952372     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009731     Document Type: Article

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