Cohort profile: The Flu watch study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Fragaszy, Ellen B ^a,b   Warren Gash, Charlotte ^a   Wang, Lili ^c   Copas, Andrew ^d   Dukes, Oliver ^a   Edmunds, W John ^b   Goonetilleke, Nilu ^c,e   Harvey, Gabrielle ^d   Johnson, Anne M ^d   Kovar, Jana ^d   Lim, Megan S C ^d,f   McMichael, Andrew ^c   Millett, Elizabeth R C ^g   Nazareth, Irwin ^d   Nguyen Van Tam, Jonathan S ^h   Tabassum, Faiza ^d   Watson, John M ⁱ   Wurie, Fatima ^a   Zambon, Maria ^j   Hayward, Andrew C ^a  

^a Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Department of Health   (United Kingdom)

^j PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRAL DISEASE;

COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; ENGLAND; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042318358     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv370     Document Type: Review

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