The Spanish influenza of 1918 in St. Louis, Missouri

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 479-483

  Kalnins, Irene ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

"spanish" influenza; Nursing history; St. Louis Department of Public Health

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748307471     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2006.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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