The cost of a food-borne outbreak of hepatitis A in Denver, Colo

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1013-1016

  Dalton, Craig B ^a,b,d   Haddix, Anne ^b   Hoffman, Richard E ^a   Mast, Eric E ^c  

^a Colorado Dept Pub Hlth Environ ^*  (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

COLORADO; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS;

EID: 0029872560     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.9.1013     Document Type: Article

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