Using disability-adjusted life years to assess the economic impact of dengue in Puerto Rico: 1984-1994

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 265-271

  Meltzer, Martin I ^a   Rigau Pérez, José G ^b   Clark, Gary G ^b   Reiter, Paul ^b   Gubler, Duane J ^c  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENGUE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PUERTO RICO; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0031661478     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.265     Document Type: Article

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