Excess mortality among the elderly in 12 European countries, February and March 2012

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2012, Pages

  Mazick, A ^a   Gergonne, B ^b   Nielsen, J ^a   Wuillaume, F ^c   Virtanen, M J ^d   Fouillet, A ^e   Uphoff, H ^f   Sideroglou, T ^g   Paldy, A ^h   Oza, A ⁱ   Nunes, B ^j   Flores Segovia, V M ^k   Junker, C ^l   McDonald, S A ^m   Green, H K ⁿ   Pebody, R ⁿ   Molbak K ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^f Hesse State Health Office   (Germany)

^g Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

ⁱ HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^k INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^l Federal Statistical Office   (Switzerland)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

ⁿ PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84859651411     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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