Influenza infection and risk of acute myocardial infarction in england and wales: A CALIBER self-controlled case series study

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1652-1659

  Warren Gash, Charlotte ^a   Hayward, Andrew C ^a   Hemingway, Harry ^b   Denaxas, Spiros ^b   Thomas, Sara L ^c   Timmis, Adam D ^e   Whitaker, Heather ^f   Smeeth, Liam ^d  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; WALES;

EID: 84869059013     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis597     Document Type: Article

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