Morbid obesity as a risk factor for hospitalization and death due to 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) disease.
BACKGROUND: Severe illness due to 2009 pandemic A(H1N1) infection has been reported among persons who are obese or morbidly obese. We assessed whether obesity is a risk factor for hospitalization and death due to 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1), independent of chronic medical conditions considered b...
Main Authors: | Oliver W Morgan, Anna Bramley, Ashley Fowlkes, David S Freedman, Thomas H Taylor, Paul Gargiullo, Brook Belay, Seema Jain, Chad Cox, Laurie Kamimoto, Anthony Fiore, Lyn Finelli, Sonja J Olsen, Alicia M Fry |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2837749?pdf=render |
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