The impact of influenza epidemics on hospitalizations

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 831-837

  Simonsen, Lone ^a,b   Fukuda, Keiji ^a   Schonberger, Lawrence B ^a   Cox, Nancy J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; SEASONS;

EID: 0034072777     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315320     Document Type: Article

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