Death patterns during the 1918 influenza pandemic in Chile

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1803-1811

  Chowell, Gerardo ^a,b   Simonsen, Lone ^c   Flores, Jose ^d,e   Miller, Mark A ^b   Viboud, Cécile ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILE; CLIMATE; DEATH; GEOGRAPHY; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; AGED; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908115878     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2011.130632     Document Type: Article

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