Local spatial and temporal processes of influenza in pennsylvania, usa: 2003-2009

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Stark, James H ^a   Sharma, Ravi ^b   Ostroff, Stephen ^c   Cummings, Derek A T ^d   Ermentrout, Bard ^e   Stebbins, Samuel ^b   Burke, Donald S ^b   Wisniewski, Stephen R ^b  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; AGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PENNSYLVANIA; RAIN; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859012032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034245     Document Type: Article

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