A history of the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic and its impact on Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 262-265

  Azizi, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Jalali, Ghanbar Ali Raees ^b   Azizi, Farzaneh ^c  

^a Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidemic; Influenza; Iran; Spanish flu pandemic

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BED REST; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUNGER; INFANT MORTALITY; IRAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLDIER; SPANISH INFLUENZA; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WAR;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77953035438     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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