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Affiliations

¹ National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK.
² London Respiratory Network, London, UK.
³ London Respiratory Network and Whittington Health, London, UK.
⁴ London Respiratory Network and NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College London, UK.

Comment

Miguel Pereira et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2018 Jun.

. 2018 Jun;18(3):268-269.

doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.18-3-268a.

¹ National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK.
² London Respiratory Network, London, UK.
³ London Respiratory Network and Whittington Health, London, UK.
⁴ London Respiratory Network and NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College London, UK.

No abstract available

Comment on

Healthcare worker influenza vaccination and sickness absence - an ecological study.
Pereira M, Williams S, Restrick L, Cullinan P, Hopkinson NS; London Respiratory Network. Pereira M, et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2017 Dec;17(6):484-489. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-484. Clin Med (Lond). 2017. PMID: 29196347 Free PMC article.
Flu-related absence, a small proportion of all-cause sickness absence.
O'Reilly F, Noone P. O'Reilly F, et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2018 Jun;18(3):268. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.18-3-268. Clin Med (Lond). 2018. PMID: 29858446 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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