Acute respiratory infections and winter pressures on hospital admissions in England and Wales 1990-2005

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-98

  Elliot, Alex J ^a   Cross, Kenneth W ^a   Fleming, Douglas M ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute bronchitis; General practitioner; Hospital admissions; Influenza like illness; Respiratory syncytial virus; Sentinel surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASON; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHITIS; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 39749088793     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdn003     Document Type: Article

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