Estimating influenza-related excess mortality and reproduction numbers for seasonal influenza in Norway, 1975-2004

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1559-1568

  Gran, J M ^a   Iversen, B ^b   Hungnes, O ^b   Aalen, O O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Excess mortality; influenza (seasonal); reproduction numbers

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; DEATH; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957303110     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000671     Document Type: Article

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