Geography May Explain Adult Mortality from the 1918-20 Influenza Pandemic

Epidemics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-60

  Mamelund, Svenn Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Genetic diversity; Historical epidemiology; Immunology; Indigenous populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; WORLD HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952229337     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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