Socioeconomic impact of influenza on healthy children and their families

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Principi, Nicola ^a   Esposito, Susanna ^a   Marchisio, Paola ^a   Gasparini, Roberto ^b   Crovari, Piero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Influenza; Prevention; Respiratory tract infections; Socioeconomics; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ABSENTEEISM; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; JOB PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE;

EID: 0142120690     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000092188.48726.e4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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