Spanish influenza in Japanese Armed Forces, 1918-1920

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 590-593

  Kawana, Akihiko ^a   Naka, Go ^a   Fujikura, Yuji ^a   Kato, Yasuyuki ^a   Mizuno, Yasutaka ^a   Kondo, Tatsuya ^a   Kudo, Koichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY;

EID: 34047162347     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1304.060615     Document Type: Article

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