Influenza-associated mortality in temperate and subtropical chinese cities, 2003-2008

• Main Authors: Luzhao Feng (Author), David K Shay (Author), Yong Jiang (Author), Hong Zhou (Author), Xin Chen (Author), Yingdong Zheng (Author), Lili Jiang (Author), Qingjun Zhang (Author), Hong Lin (Author), Shaojie Wang (Author), Yanyan Ying (Author), Yanjun Xu (Author), Nanda Wang (Author), Zijian Feng (Author), Cecile Viboud (Author), Weizhong Yang (Author), Hongjie Yu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate influenza-associated mortality in urban China. METHODS: Influenza-associated excess mortality for the period 2003-2008 was estimated in three cities in temperate northern China and five cities in the subtropical south of the country. The estimates were derived from models base...