Open AccessInfluenza-attribuable mortality among the elderly in Switzerland
Author(s) -
Martin W. G. Brinkhof,
Adrian Spoerri,
Andreas Birrer,
Reto Hagman,
Daniel Koch,
Marcel Zwahlen
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
schweizerische medizinische wochenschrift
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0036-7672
DOI - 10.4414/smw.2006.11373
Subject(s) - medicine , mortality rate , population , poisson regression , demography , pneumonia , confidence interval , epidemiology , environmental health , sociology
Influenza infections are considered responsible for a substantial burden of disease and mortality in the elderly, especially during winter time. However, death certificates indicating influenza as the cause of death might only partly reflect the mortality attributable to influenza.
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