Relationship between community prevalence of obesity and associated behavioral factors and community rates of influenza-related hospitalizations in the United States

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 718-728

  Charland, Katia M ^a,b   Buckeridge, David L ^b,c   Hoen, Anne G ^d   Berry, Jay G ^a   Elixhauser, Anne ^e   Melton, Forrest ^f,g   Brownstein, John S ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Agence de la sante et des services sociaux de Montreal   (Canada)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Exercise; Influenza; Influenza like illness; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

DIET; EXERCISE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESS; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRUIT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882718870     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12019     Document Type: Article

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