Testing the influenza-tuberculosis selective mortality hypothesis with Union Army data

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1599-1608

  Noymer, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Historical demography; Historical epidemiology; Influenza; Mortality; Selection; Tuberculosis; Union Army veterans; USA

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFLUENZA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARMY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SELECTIVE MORTALITY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 65249101678     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.021     Document Type: Article

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