Open AccessAdiposity and Influenza-Associated Respiratory Mortality: A Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Ying Zhou,
Benjamin J. Cowling,
Peng Wu,
Wai Man Chan,
Siu Yin Lee,
Eric H. Y. Lau,
C. Mary Schooling
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/civ060
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , cohort study , respiratory system , intensive care medicine , respiratory disease , lung
Obesity was first noted as a risk factor for severe illness associated with pandemic H1N1 infection in 2009, but the relationship between obesity and seasonal influenza remains unclear.
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