“There Wasn't a Lot of Comforts in Those Days:” African Americans, Public Health, and the 1918 Influenza Epidemic
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Reports
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0033-3549,1468-2877
DOI: 10.1177/00333549101250s314