The impact of influenza-associated respiratory illnesses on hospitalizations, physician visits, emergency room visits, and mortality

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-63

  Menec, Verena H ^a   Black, Charlyn ^a   MacWilliam, Leonard ^a   Aoki, Fred Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037255315     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405054     Document Type: Article

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