Colds and influenza-like illnesses in university students: Impact on health, academic and work performance, and health care use

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1263-1270

  Nichol, Kristin L ^a,b,c   D'Heilly, Sarah ^a,b   Ehlinger, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMMON COLD; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; COMMON COLD; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; SICK LEAVE; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WORK;

EID: 17644391118     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429237     Document Type: Article

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