The relationship between influenza outbreaks and acute ischemic heart disease in maryland residents over a 7-year period

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 821-827

  Lichenstein, Richard ^a   Magder, Laurence S ^a   King, Rita Elizabeth ^b   King, James Craig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Howard County MD   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; HEART DEATH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ATTENDED ACUTE RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865752760     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis435     Document Type: Article

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