Observations on mortality during the 1918 influenza pandemic

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1375-1378

  Luk, Jeffrey ^a   Gross, Peter ^a,b   Thompson, William W ^c  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0035887957     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322662     Document Type: Review

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