Age-specific excess mortality patterns during the 1918–1920 influenza pandemic in Madrid, Spain

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 2511-2523

  Cilek, Laura ^a,b   Chowell, Gerardo ^c,d   Fariñas, Diego Ramiro ^b  

^a CSIC Instituto de Economia Geografia y Demografia IEGD   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

1918 pandemic; Age specific mortality patterns; Excess mortality; Herald wave; Influenza; Mortality baseline; Spain

Indexed keywords

AGE; BASELINE SURVEY; BOOTSTRAPPING; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; PNEUMONIA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGE; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MORTALITY RATE; MORTALITY RISK; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTORY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPANISH INFLUENZA; YOUNG ADULT;

MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

CAD96CA PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; CADHERIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CADHERINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA PANDEMIC, 1918-1919; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85061038707     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwy171     Document Type: Article

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