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SUBMITTER: Park M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4805525 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Park Minah M Wu Peng P Goldstein Edward E Joo Kim Woo W Cowling Benjamin J BJ
American journal of preventive medicine 20151129 4
<h4>Introduction</h4>It is important to determine the health impact of influenza in order to calibrate public health measures. The objective of this study was to estimate excess mortality associated with influenza in Korea in 2003-2013.<h4>Methods</h4>The authors constructed multiple linear regression models in 2014 with weekly mortality rates stratified by age, region, and cause of death against weekly surveillance data on influenza virus collected in 2003-2013. Excess mortality rates were esti ...[more]