The first wave of the 1918 influenza pandemic among soldiers of the Canadian expeditionary force

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 638-645

  Rewegan, Alex ^a   Bogaert, Kandace ^a   Yan, Melissa ^b   Gagnon, Alain ^c   Herring, D Ann ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PNEUMONIA; SOLDIER; VERY ELDERLY; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA; WORLD WAR I; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938960857     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22713     Document Type: Article

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