Influenza and emergency department utilization by elders

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 338-344

  Schull, Michael J ^a,b   Mamdani, Muhammad M ^a   Fang, Jiming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elder; Emergency department; Influenza

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 15944373181     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.11.020     Document Type: Article

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