Does Exposure to Influenza Very Early in Life Affect Mortality Risk during a Subsequent Outbreak? The 1890 and 1918 Pandemics in Canada

Modern Environments and Human Health: Revisiting the Second Epidemiologic Transition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 123-135

  Hallman, Stacey ^a   Gagnon, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

1890 Russian influenza pandemic; 1918 Spanish pandemic; Canada; Case fatality rate; Influenza; Mortality risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927137378     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118504338.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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