Economic and social impacts of La Crosse encephalitis in western North Carolina

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 509-518

  Utz, J Todd ^a   Apperson, Charles S ^a   MacCormack, J Newton ^b   Salyers, Martha ^c   Jacquelin Dietz, E ^a   McPherson, J Todd ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c Buncombe County Health Center   (United States)

^d N Carolina State Lab of Pub Hlth   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LA CROSSE VIRUS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

LA CROSSE VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 1342346784     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.69.509     Document Type: Article

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