Regional patterns of mortality during the 1918 influenza pandemic in Newfoundland

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Sattenspiel, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

1918 influenza pandemic; Geographic distribution; Geographic heterogeneity; Mortality; Newfoundland

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CANADA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPANISH INFLUENZA; SPRING; SUMMER;

DEATH CERTIFICATES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PANDEMICS; SEASONS;

EID: 79960177947     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.02.046     Document Type: Article

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