Open AccessThe impact of influenza epidemics on mortality: introducing a severity index.
Author(s) -
Lone Simonsen,
Matthew Clarke,
G. David Williamson,
Donna F. Stroup,
Nancy H. Arden,
Lawrence B. Schonberger
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.87.12.1944
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , demography , pandemic , excess mortality , epidemiology , human mortality from h5n1 , influenza pandemic , covid-19 , environmental health , population , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , sociology
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of recent influenza epidemics on mortality in the United States and to develop an index for comparing the severity of individual epidemics.
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