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School absenteeism and emergency department ILI rates in King County, WA 2003–2009
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Absenteeism is regarded as an expedient and responsive marker of illness activity. It has been used as a health outcome measure for a wide spectrum of exposures and as an early indicator of influenza outbreaks.1 A handful of studies have described… read more… the relationship between emergency department (ED) visits for influenza-like-illness (ILI) and absenteeism … USA; and 2University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA E-mail: carla.rodriguez@kingcounty.gov Objective To describe … the relationship between emergency department (ED) visits for influenza-like-illness (ILI) and absenteeism …