US flu mortality estimates are based on solid science [2]

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7534, 2006, Pages 177-178

  Simonsen, Lone ^a   Taylor, Robert ^a   Viboud, Cecile ^a   Dushoff, Jonathan ^a   Miller, Mark ^a,b  

^a Division of Epidemiology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; DEATH; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31344442236     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7534.177-a     Document Type: Letter

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