Low but highly variable mortality among nurses and physicians during the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-219

  Shanks, G Dennis ^a,b   Mackenzie, Alison ^b   Waller, Michael ^b   Brundage, John F ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center   (United States)

Author keywords

1918; Health care providers; Influenza; Military; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; WAR;

GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANDEMICS; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953772272     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2010.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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