Age distribution of infection and hospitalization among Canadian first nations populations during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Mostaço Guidolin, Luiz C ^a   Towers, Sherry M J ^b   Buckeridge, David L ^c   Moghadas, Seyed M ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PANDEMIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872537223     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300820     Document Type: Article

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