"Better off in school": School medical inspection as a public health strategy during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in the United States

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 63-70

  Stern, Alexandra Minna ^a   Reilly, Mary Beth ^a   Cetron, Martin S ^b   Markel, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL HYGIENE; SPANISH INFLUENZA; UNITED STATES; URBAN HYGIENE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; HISTORY; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77954678001     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549101250s309     Document Type: Review

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