Pneumonia and influenza, and respiratory and circulatory hospital admissions in Belgium: A retrospective database study

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Crott, Ralph ^a   Pouplier, Isabelle ^a   Roch, Isabelle ^a   Chen, Yi Chen ^b,c   Closon, Marie Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b GSK   (Belgium)

^c Janssen Pharmaceuticals   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Complication; Costs; Hospital admission; Influenza; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988841489     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-3258-72-33     Document Type: Article

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