Trends in infectious disease mortality in the United States during the 20th century

JAMA

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-66

  Armstrong, Gregory L ^a,b   Conn, Laura A ^a   Pinner, Robert W ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Mailstop C 12   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033528072     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.281.1.61     Document Type: Article

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