Obesity as a risk factor for severe influenza-like illness

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-32

  Cocoros, Noelle M ^a   Lash, Timothy L ^b   Demaria, Alfred ^a   Klompas, Michael ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Influenza; Obesity

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SPRING;

BMI; INFLUENZA; OBESITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890857153     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12156     Document Type: Article

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