Andrew Noymer
Testing the influenza–tuberculosis selective mortality hypothesis with Union Army data
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis|University of California, Irvine
using cox regression paper shows weak association tuberculosis dying influenza among union army veterans late nineteenthcentury america suggested elsewhere noymer garenne 2000 1918 influenza epidemics effects sex differentials mortality united states population development review 263 565581 1918 influenza pandemic accelerated decline tuberculosis killing many people tuberculosis question remains whether individuals tuberculosis greater risk influenza death 1918post1918 phenomenon arose sheer number deaths influenza pandemic present findings microdata cautiously point toward explanation noymer garennes selection effect terms ageoverlap 1918 pandemic mortality tuberculosis morbidity phenomenon term passive selection another way think selection cohort opposed individual level