Predictors of pandemic influenza infection in adults presenting to two urban emergency departments, Toronto, 2009

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-12

  Lee, Todd C ^a   Taggart, Linda R ^a   Mater, Barbara ^b   Katz, Kevin ^a,b   Mcgeer, Allison ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Influenza; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYALGIA; NOSE SMEAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TACHYCARDIA; THROAT CULTURE; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PANDEMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958797976     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/8000.2011.100226     Document Type: Article

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