The health and economic burden of genital warts in a set of private health plans in the United States

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1397-1403

  Insinga, Ralph P ^a   Dasbach, Erik J ^b   Myers, Evan R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONDYLOMA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038806720     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375074     Document Type: Article

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