Influenza and other respiratory virus-related emergency department visits among young children

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Bourgeois, Florence T ^a,b   Valim, Clarissa ^a,c   Wei, Jennie C ^a   McAdam, Alexander J ^a   Mandl, Kenneth D ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden of illness; Emergency department; Influenza; Population based; Respiratory syncytial virus; RSV

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROVIRUS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WINTER; COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION;

BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 33746853120     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2248     Document Type: Article

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