Absolute humidity and the seasonal onset of influenza in the continental US

PLoS Currents

Volumn , Issue DEC, 2009, Pages

  Shaman, Jeffrey ^a   Pitzer, Virginia ^b   Viboud, Cecile ^c   Lipsitch, Marc ^d   Grenfell, Bryan ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Bryan Grenfell Princeton University ^*

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EID: 85088339495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.rrn1138     Document Type: Article

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