Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hospitalizations and Deaths Associated with 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infections in the United States

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 623-630

  Dee, Deborah L ^a   Bensyl, Diana M ^a   Gindler, Jacqueline ^a   Truman, Benedict I ^a   Allen, Barbara G ^a   D'Mello, Tiffany ^b   Pérez, Alejandro ^b   Kamimoto, Laurie ^b   Biggerstaff, Matthew ^b   Blanton, Lenee ^b   Fowlkes, Ashley ^b   Glover, Maleeka J ^a   Swerdlow, David L ^a   Finelli, Lyn ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; H1N1 Virus; Health Care Disparities; Health Status Disparities; Influenza

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959997098     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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