Outbreak of pandemic influenza a (H1N1-2009) in Singapore, may to september 2009

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 273-282

  Cutter, Jeffery L ^a   Ang, Li Wei ^a   Lai, Florence Y L ^a   Subramony, Hariharan ^a   Ma, Stefan ^a   James, Lyn ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Epidemiology; Hospitalisation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PANDEMIC; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; TRAVEL;

EID: 77952352890     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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