Age- and sex-related risk factors for influenza-associated mortality in the United States between 1997-2007

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 157-167

  Quandelacy, Talia M ^a   Viboud, Cecile ^b   Charu, Vivek ^b,c   Lipsitch, Marc ^a   Goldstein, Edward ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

age; influenza; mortality; sex; underlying cause

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGE STRUCTURE; HEALTH RISK; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONSULTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; INFLUENZAVIRUS B; PNEUMONIA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; INFLUENZAVIRUS B; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891508240     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt235     Document Type: Article

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