The first wave of the 1918 influenza pandemic among soldiers of the Canadian expeditionary force

@article{Rewegan2015TheFW,
  title={The first wave of the 1918 influenza pandemic among soldiers of the Canadian expeditionary force},
  author={Alex Rewegan and Kandace Bogaert and Melissa Yan and Alain‐G. Gagnon and D. Ann Herring},
  journal={American Journal of Human Biology},
  year={2015},
  volume={27}
}
This article evaluates the evidence for the presence of the first, mild wave of the 1918 influenza pandemic among soldiers in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF). 
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