Seasonality - Still confusing

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-90

  Dowell, S F ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CROWDING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; NOTE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

CROWDING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RAIN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 82455179464     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811001695     Document Type: Note

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