The economical control of infectious diseases

Economic Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 492, 2004, Pages 1-27

  Gersovitz, Mark ^a   Hammer, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMICS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0842284567     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0013-0133.2003.0174.x     Document Type: Article

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