The burden of influenza in healthy children in South Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 510-513

  D'Onisc, Katina ^a   Raupach, Jane C A ^a  

^a South Australia ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ABORIGINE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SURVIVAL RATE; VACCINATION;

EID: 45949087582     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01763.x     Document Type: Article

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