Forgotten but not gone: The continuing scourge of congenital syphilis

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 432-436

  Walker, Damian G ^a   Walker, Godfrey JA ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNFPA Country Technical Services Team for Europe and Central Asia   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036288388     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(02)00319-5     Document Type: Note

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