Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 1 , Pages 63-68 , July 2008

Pediatric Population Size Is Associated With Geographic Patterns of Acute Respiratory Infections Among Adults

  • John S. Brownstein, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: John Brownstein, PhD, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 1 Autumn Street, Room 542, Boston, MA 02215; 617-355-6998, fax 617-730-0267
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  • Kenneth D. Mandl, MD, MPH

Received 10 August 2007 ,Revised 29 January 2008 ,Accepted 7 February 2008.

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 Supervising editor: Gregory J. Moran, MD

 Author contributions: JSB and KDM conceived the study and obtained research funding. JSB conducted the study and analyzed the data. KDM supervised the study. JSB drafted the article, and both authors contributed substantially to its revision. JSB takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. This work was supported by R21AI073591-01 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and R21LM009263-01 and R01 LM007677-01 from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and by contract 52253337HAR from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

 Publication dates: Available online March 28, 2008.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(08)00490-3

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.02.009

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 1 , Pages 63-68 , July 2008

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