Influenza-attributable deaths, Canada 1990-1999

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1109-1116

  Schanzer, Dena L ^a   Tam, T W S ^a   Langley, J M ^b   Winchester, B T ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEMENTIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; INTOXICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34848839200     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807007923     Document Type: Article

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