Smallpox and its eradication in finland: Implications for disease control

Population Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 95-111

  Pitkanent, K J ^a   Mielke, J H ^b   Jorde, L B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHIVAL MATERIAL; DISEASE CONTROL; HISTORY; MORTALITY; SMALLPOX; VACCINATION;

FINLAND;

ARTICLE; FINLAND; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INFECTION CONTROL; SMALLPOX;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FINLAND; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, MODERN; SMALLPOX;

EID: 0024474280     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472031000143866     Document Type: Article

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