Estimating the costs of school closure for mitigating an influenza pandemic

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sadique, Md Z ^a,b   Adams, Elisabeth J ^a   Edmunds, William J ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; PANDEMIC; SOCIAL CARE; COST; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; MALE; PARENT; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PARENTS; SCHOOLS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 43549101123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-135     Document Type: Article

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