Infectious disease hospitalizations among older adults in the United States from 1990 through 2002

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 2514-2520

  Curns, Aaron T ^a,c   Holman, Robert C ^a   Sejvar, James J ^a   Owings, Maria F ^b   Schonberger, Lawrence B ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28344446834     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.21.2514     Document Type: Article

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