Methods for current statistical analysis of excess pneumonia-influenza deaths
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THE USE of excess mortality as an index for recognition of influenza outbreaks is well known through the detailed studies of the late Dr. Selwyn Collins.In his historical reviews, the sequence of influenza outbreaks in the United States was traced back to the late 19th
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Excess mortality approaches have been used for over a century to capture the full scope of large-scale infectious disease events, heatwaves, and earthquakes, by measuring the rise in mortality over a historical baseline.
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- Authors
- Serfling, R. E.
- Corresponding author
- Serfling, Robert E.
- Venue
- Public Health Reports (1896-1970)
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1963
- Volume
- 78
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 494
- ISSN
- 0094-6214 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC1915276
- OpenAlex
- W1598756928
- Cited by
- 597
- References
- 9
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- FWCI
- 2.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Public Health Reports (1896-1970) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Respiratory viral infections research
- Keywords
- excess mortality, influenza outbreak, mortality statistics
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