Pediatric Population Size Is Associated With Geographic Patterns of Acute Respiratory Infections Among Adults

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-68

  Brownstein, John S ^a   Mandl, Kenneth D ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY WARD; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 45249100642     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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