Incidence of influenza-related hospitalizations in different age groups of children in Finland: A 16-year study

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Silvennoinen, Heli ^a   Peltola, Ville ^a   Vainionpää, Raija ^b   Ruuskanen, Olli ^a   Heikkinen, Terho ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

child; Finland; hospitalization; influenza

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 79551595170     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181fe37c8     Document Type: Article

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