Revisiting influenza deaths estimates - Learning from the H1N1 pandemic

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-8

  Wilson, Kumanan ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNATIONALITY; PANDEMICS;

EID: 84856502125     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr142     Document Type: Note

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