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ArticleAmerican journal of public health2022

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and the Rise of Italian Fascism: A Cross-City Quantitative and Historical Text Qualitative Analysis.

Gregori Galofré-Vilà, Martin McKee, María Gómez-León, David Stuckler

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Article in American journal of public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. Falling down the global ranks: life expectancy in the UK, 1952-2021.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2023
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Gregori Galofré-VilàGregori Galofré-Vilà is with the Department of Economics, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. Martin McKee is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. María Gómez-León is with the Department of Economic Analysis, Universitat de València, València, Spain. David Stuckler is with the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.
Martin McKeeGregori Galofré-Vilà is with the Department of Economics, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. Martin McKee is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. María Gómez-León is with the Department of Economic Analysis, Universitat de València, València, Spain. David Stuckler is with the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.
María Gómez-LeónGregori Galofré-Vilà is with the Department of Economics, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. Martin McKee is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. María Gómez-León is with the Department of Economic Analysis, Universitat de València, València, Spain. David Stuckler is with the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.
David StucklerGregori Galofré-Vilà is with the Department of Economics, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. Martin McKee is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. María Gómez-León is with the Department of Economic Analysis, Universitat de València, València, Spain. David Stuckler is with the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evidence linking past experiences of worsening health with support for radical political views has generated concerns about the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The influenza pandemic that began in 1918 had a devastating health impact: 4.1 million Italians contracted influenza and about 500 000 died. We tested the hypothesis that deaths from the 1918 influenza pandemic contributed to the rise of Fascism in Italy. To provide a "thicker" interpretation of these patterns, we applied historical text mining to the newspaper

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FascismCitiesHistory, 20th CenturyHumansInfluenza Pandemic, 1918-1919ItalyMortality

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PMID35080961
PMCPMC8802602

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