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The great influenza: the epic story of the deadliest plague in history
Abstract
An in-depth account of the deadly influenza epidemic of 1918, a plague that took the lives of millions of people around the world, examines the causes of the pandemic, its devastating impact on early twentieth-century society, the researchers who risked their lives to confront the disease, and the lasting implications of the crisis and the scientific
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Metadata
- Venue
- Choice Reviews Online
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 2004-10-01
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 02
- Pages
- 42-0972-42-0972
- ISSN
- 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-8253
- OpenAlex
- W1499400416
- Cited by
- 317
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- 0
- Type
- book review
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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