Measuring the impact of influenza on the hospital admission rates of the elderly in Ontario: A five-year admission rate analysis, 1988-1993

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 144-147

  Upshur, R E G ^a,c   Goel, Vivek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0034041463     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404931     Document Type: Article

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