"Spanish flu, or whatever it is....": The paradox of public health in a time of crisis

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 37-47

  Rosner, David ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CHOLERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SANITATION; SPANISH INFLUENZA; TYPHOID FEVER; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY; YELLOW FEVER; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HISTORY; INFLUENZA; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SANITARY ENGINEERING; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77954668196     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549101250s307     Document Type: Review

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