Socioeconomic burden of influenza in the Republic of Korea, 2007-2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Suh, Mina ^a   Kang, Dae Ryong ^b   Lee, Dong Han ^c   Choi, Yoon Jung ^d   Tchoe, Byongho ^d   Nam, Chung Mo ^b   Kim, Hyung Jung ^b   Lee, Jong Koo ^e   Jun, Byung Yool ^c   Youm, Yoosik ^f   Bae, Gwi Nam ^g   Lee, Tae Yong ^h   Kim, Moon Shik ⁱ   Shin, Dong Chun ^b   Kim, Changsoo ^b  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^d Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service Korea   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^f Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^g Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^h Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

ⁱ Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEASONS;

EID: 84893528661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084121     Document Type: Article

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