Co-morbidities associated with influenza-attributed mortality, 1994-2000, Canada

Vaccine

Volumn 26, Issue 36, 2008, Pages 4697-4703

  Schanzer, Dena L ^a   Langley, Joanne M ^b   Tam, Theresa W S ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Co morbidity; Influenza; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 48649096437     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.06.087     Document Type: Article

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