Estimating the Public Health Impact of Rabies

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 140-142

  Coleman, Paul G ^a   Fèvre, Eric M ^b   Cleaveland, Sarah ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RABIES; SEX RATIO; TANZANIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0346731152     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1001.020774     Document Type: Article

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