Influenzalike illness among homeless persons [1]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1162-1163

  Bucher, Scott J ^a   Brickner, Philip W ^a   Vincent, Richard L ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33745965456     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1207.060217     Document Type: Letter

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