The 1918 influenza epidemic in New York City: A review of the public health response

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 71-79

  Aimone, Francesco ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCHOOL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM; ARTICLE; HISTORY; INFLUENZA; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEW YORK CITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE;

EID: 77954686928     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549101250s310     Document Type: Review

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