Identification of influenza cases during the H1N1 pandemic in massachusetts using population-based hospital discharge data

PLoS Currents

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Placzek, Hilary ^a   Madoff, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84867457055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.RRN1256     Document Type: Article

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