Socio-economic disparities in the burden of seasonal influenza: The effect of social and material deprivation on rates of influenza infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Charland, Katia M ^a,b,c   Brownstein, John S ^a,b,c   Verma, Aman ^c   Brien, Stephanie ^c   Buckeridge, David L ^c,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PNEUMONIA; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951935621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017207     Document Type: Article

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