Influenza Epidemics in the United States, France, and Australia, 1972-1997

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-39

  Viboud, Cécile ^a,b,d   Boëlle, Pierre Yves ^a,c   Pakdaman, Khashayar ^a   Carrat, Fabrice ^a,c   Valleron, Alain Jacques ^a,c   Flahault, Antoine ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

EID: 0347361567     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1001.020705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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