Circulating influenza virus, climatic factors, and acute myocardial infarction: A time series study in England and Wales and Hong Kong

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 203, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1710-1718

  Warren Gash, Charlotte ^a   Bhaskaran, Krishnan ^b   Hayward, Andrew ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^c   Lo, Su Vui ^d,e   Wong, Chit Ming ^c   Ellis, Joanna ^f   Pebody, Richard ^f   Smeeth, Liam ^b   Cowling, Benjamin J ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^e Food and Health Bureau   (Hong Kong)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLIMATE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WALES;

EID: 79957481487     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir171     Document Type: Article

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