Influenza-associated excess mortality in southern Brazil, 1980-2008

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1731-1740

  Freitas, F T M ^a   Souza, L R O ^a   Azziz Baumgartner, E ^b   Cheng, P Y ^b   Zhou, H ^b   Widdowson, M A ^b   Shay, D K ^b   Oliveira, W K ^a   Araujo, W N ^a  

^a MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; epidemiology; influenza

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DEATH; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PNEUMONIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880359534     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812002221     Document Type: Article

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