Risk factors for death from pandemic influenza in 1918-1919: A case-control study

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 329-338

  Summers, Jennifer A ^a,b   Stanley, James ^b   Baker, Michael G ^b   Wilson, Nick ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

1918 1919 influenza pandemic; Infectious disease; Influenza; Military; Pandemic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; NEW ZEALAND; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; FEMALE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEW ZEALAND; PANDEMICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84898047126     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12228     Document Type: Article

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