Statistical estimates of absenteeism attributable to seasonal and pandemic influenza from the Canadian Labour Force Survey

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Schanzer, Dena L ^a   Zheng, Hui ^a   Gilmore, Jason ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FALLING; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT; VIRUS STRAIN; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENICITY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PANDEMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953881907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-90     Document Type: Article

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