Introducing a novel model to estimate national and global measles disease burden

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-20

  Miller, Mark A ^a,b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Global disease burden; Measles; Models; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MODEL; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0034057098     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(00)90060-2     Document Type: Article

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