Seasonal influenza surveillance using prescription data for anti-influenza medications

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-235

  Yoshida, Makiko ^a   Matsui, Tamano ^a   Ohkusa, Yasushi ^a   Kobayashi, John ^b   Ohyama, Takaaki ^a   Sugawara, Tamie ^a   Yasui, Yoshinori ^a   Tachibana, Tomoko ^c   Okabe, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b George Washington School of Public Health   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR; ZANAMIVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG USE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; JAPAN; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREATMENT DURATION; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 69249226167     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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