Brief communication: Rethinking the impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic on sex differentials in mortality

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 584-590

  Sawchuk, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemics; Gibraltar; Infectious diseases; Influenza; Mortality; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GIBRALTAR; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE METHOD; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; SEX DIFFERENCE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GIBRALTAR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 67650552861     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21022     Document Type: Article

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