The U.S. military and the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 82-91

  Byerly, Carol R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY NURSING; MILITARY SERVICE; NAVY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; SAILOR; SOLDIER; SPANISH INFLUENZA; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WAR; WESTERN EUROPE; ARTICLE; HISTORY; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY; STATISTICS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; QUARANTINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954678408     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549101250s311     Document Type: Review

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