Severe impact of the 1918-19 pandemic influenza in a national military force

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 1378, 2013, Pages

  Summers, Jennifer A ^a,b   Shanks, G Dennis ^c,d   Baker, Michael G ^a   Wilson, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARMY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; DEATH; EPIDEMIC; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PNEUMONIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SOLDIER; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA PANDEMIC, 1918-1919; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEW ZEALAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880117862     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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