Estimating influenza-associated mortality in New Zealand from 1990 to 2008

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 14-19

  Kessaram, Tara ^a   Stanley, James ^a   Baker, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Influenza; Mortality; Statistical regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ZEALAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919497603     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12292     Document Type: Article

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