Body mass index and the incidence of influenza-associated pneumonia in a UK primary care cohort

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-36

  Blumentals, William A ^a   Nevitt, Alan ^b   Peng, Michael M ^a   Toovey, Stephen ^c  

^a HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Pneumonia; Risk factors; Seasonal influenza; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555172226     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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