A bitter epidemic: The impact of the 1918 influenza on sugar production in Java
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Spanish influenza; Epidemic; Mortality; Sugar production; Java;All these keywords.
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- I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
- N35 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Asia including Middle East
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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