Direct and indirect costs of rabies exposure: A retrospective study in Southern California (1998-2002)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-257

  Shwiff, Stephanie A ^a   Sterner, Ray T ^a   Jay, Michele T ^b   Parikh, Shefali ^b   Bellomy, Amy ^c   Meltzer, Martin I ^d   Rupprecht, Charles E ^d   Slate, Dennis ^e  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Santa Barbara County Public Health Department   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Direct costs; Economics; Indirect costs; Postexposure prophylaxis; Rabies

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34250335585     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-43.2.251     Document Type: Article

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