Deaths associated with influenza pandemic of 1918-19, Japan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 616-622

  Chandra, Siddharth ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPANISH INFLUENZA;

1918; 1918-19; DEATHS; INFLUENZA VIRUSES; JAPAN; PANDEMIC; VIRUSES;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PANDEMICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84875306501     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1904.120103     Document Type: Article

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