Preventing epidemics in a community of households

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 443-455

  Hall, R ^a   Becker, N G ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 0029768395     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800059100     Document Type: Article

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