Extreme Overcrowding and Extreme Lethality During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Christina S. Torjussen is with the University of Southeast Norway, Borre, Norway. Svenn-Erik Mamelund is head of the Centre for Research on Pandemics & Society, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.

Editorial

Christina Stylegar Torjussen et al. Am J Public Health. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;112(10):1372-1373.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.307060. Epub 2022 Aug 25.

¹ Christina S. Torjussen is with the University of Southeast Norway, Borre, Norway. Svenn-Erik Mamelund is head of the Centre for Research on Pandemics & Society, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.

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Lost Lessons of the 1918 Influenza: The 1920s Working Hypothesis, the Public Health Paradigm, and the Prevention of Deadly Pandemics.
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