Influenza-related hospitalisation and death in Australians aged 50 years and older

Vaccine

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2135-2141

  Newall, Anthony T ^a,b   Wood, James G ^a,b   MacIntyre, C Raina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hospitalisation; Influenza; Mortality; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 41549114508     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.01.051     Document Type: Article

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