Effect of school closure on the incidence of influenza among school-age children in Arizona

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 851-859

  Wheeler, Colleen C ^a,b   Erhart, Laura M ^b   Jehn, Megan L ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CLOSURE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79951525155     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500612     Document Type: Article

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