Early life exposure to the 1918 influenza pandemic and old-age mortality by cause of death

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Myrskylä, Mikko ^a   Mehta, Neil K ^b   Chang, Virginia W ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PANDEMIC; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PANDEMICS; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879009652     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301060     Document Type: Review

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