Influenza as a trigger for cardiovascular disease: An investigation of serotype, subtype and geographic location

Environmental Research

Volumn 156, Issue , 2017, Pages 688-696

  Pearce, D C ^a,b   McCaw, J M ^a,c,d   McVernon, J ^a,c   Mathews, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

AMI; Ecological; IHD; Influenza; Pneumonia; Spatial

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFLUENZA; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRULENCE; VIRUS;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFLUENZA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; SOCIAL STATUS; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS TYPING; COMPLICATION; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; QUEENSLAND; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; QUEENSLAND; SEROGROUP;

EID: 85019001119     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.04.024     Document Type: Article

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