A joint analysis of influenza-associated hospitalizations and mortality in Hong Kong, 1998-2013

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Wu, Peng ^a   Presanis, Anne M ^b   Bond, Helen S ^a   Lau, Eric H Y ^a   Fang, Vicky J ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 85018184597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01021-x     Document Type: Article

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