Obesity and risk of pneumonia in patients with influenza

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1298-

  Schreter, I ^a   Kristian, P ^a   Tkacova, R ^a  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON;

BODY MASS; COUGHING; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INNATE IMMUNITY; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RISK;

EID: 79955665664     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00188610     Document Type: Letter

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