Spatiotemporal patterns of pandemic influenza-related deaths in Allied naval forces during 1918

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2205-2212

  Shanks, G D ^a,b   Waller, M ^b   Smallman Raynor, M ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Military; mortality; navy; pandemic influenza

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETHALITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORTALITY; NAVY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; EUROPE; FRANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NORTH AMERICA; PANDEMICS; UNITED STATES; WORLD WAR I;

EID: 84883337213     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812003032     Document Type: Article

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