The price of prevention: Cost of recommended activities to improve immunizations

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-45

  Fontanesi, John ^a   De Guire, Michelle ^a   Kopald, David ^a   Holcomb, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG COST; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RUBELLA; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0345791466     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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