Nonpharmaceutical influenza mitigation strategies, US communities, 1918-1920 pandemic

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1961-1964

  Markel, Howard ^a,d   Stern, Alexandra M ^a   Navarro, J Alexander ^a   Michalsen, Joseph R ^a   Monto, Arnold S ^b   DiGiovanni Jr , Cleto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PANDEMIC;

EID: 33845419938     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1212.060506     Document Type: Article

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