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. 2016 Nov 29;113(48):13557-13559.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1616537113. Epub 2016 Nov 22.

Pandemic influenza and socioeconomic disparities: Lessons from 1918 Chicago

Gerardo Chowell  1   2 , Cécile Viboud  2
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Pandemic influenza and socioeconomic disparities: Lessons from 1918 Chicago

Gerardo Chowell et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
(A) Excess weekly pneumonia and influenza (P&I) death rates per 10,000 for a few representative large cities in the United States (20), and (B and C) age-specific excess-death rates per 10,000 population associated with the 1918–1919 pandemic waves in New York City (based on all-cause deaths) (3) and Mexico City (based on pneumonia and influenza deaths) (4).
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