Is the 1918 influenza pandemic over? Long-term effects of in utero influenza exposure in the post-1940 U.S. population

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 672-712

  Almond, Douglas ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN CAPITAL; INFLUENZA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748801960     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507154     Document Type: Article

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