A forgotten enemy: phs's fight against the 1918 influenza pandemic

Public Health Reports

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 559-561

  Gernhart, Gary ^a  

^a 18 23 Parklawn Bldg ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; WAR;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; WAR;

EID: 0033217280     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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