Influenza-associated mortality during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in Alaska and labrador

Social Science History

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-229

  Mamelund, Svenn Erik ^a   Sattenspiel, Lisa ^a   Dimka, Jessica ^a  

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DOI: 10.1215/01455532-2074420     Document Type: Article

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