Functional status is a confounder of the association of influenza vaccine and risk of all cause mortality in seniors

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 345-352

  Jackson, Lisa A ^a,b   Nelson, Jennifer C ^a,b   Benson, Patti ^a   Neuzil, Kathleen M ^b   Reid, Robert J ^a   Psaty, Bruce M ^a,b   Heckbert, Susan R ^a,b   Larson, Eric B ^a,b   Weiss, Noel S ^b  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Case control studies; Confounding factor; Epidemiological; Influenza vaccines; Influenza prevention and control

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY RISK; VACCINATION; VACCINE;

AGED; BATH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISABILITY EVALUATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; SEASONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASHINGTON;

EID: 33645829057     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi275     Document Type: Review

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