Temporal relationship between influenza infections and subsequent first-ever stroke incidence

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-103

  Toschke, André Michael ^a   Heuschmann, Peter U ^a   Wood, Oliver ^a   Wolfe, Charles D A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONDON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; STROKE; WALES;

EID: 58849140844     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn232     Document Type: Letter

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