Rationale for the infant and adolescent vaccination programmes in Italy

Vaccine

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Da Villa, Giuliano ^a  

^a Ital Inst the Prev of Liver Dis   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Epidemiology; Health impact; Hepatitis B; Italy; Vaccination programme

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; ITALY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033976305     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(99)00459-4     Document Type: Article

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