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Comment
. 2013 Oct;16(4):122-3.
doi: 10.1136/eb-2012-101049. Epub 2013 Jan 19.

Increased city-level influenza mortality and state-level influenza severity is associated with greater functional decline among nursing home residents

Susan Hardy  1
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Increased city-level influenza mortality and state-level influenza severity is associated with greater functional decline among nursing home residents

Susan Hardy. Evid Based Nurs. 2013 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: EPIDEMIOLOGY.

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  • Effect of influenza on functional decline.
    Gozalo PL, Pop-Vicas A, Feng Z, Gravenstein S, Mor V. Gozalo PL, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Jul;60(7):1260-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04048.x. Epub 2012 Jun 21. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012. PMID: 22724499 Free PMC article.

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