Nonpharmaceutical interventions implemented by US cities during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 644-654

  Markel, Howard ^a   Lipman, Harvey B ^b   Navarro, J Alexander ^a   Sloan, Alexandra ^a   Michalsen, Joseph R ^a   Stern, Alexandra Minna ^a   Cetron, Martin S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PATIENT ISOLATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUARANTINE; SCHOOLS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34547730740     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.6.644     Document Type: Article

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