Estimating the true incidence of Rubella

Mathematical Population Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-100

  Amaku, Marcos ^a   Azevedo, Raymundo Soares ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Incidence; Rubella; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; RUBELLA; VACCINATION;

RUBELLA;

EID: 77951684784     PISSN: 08898480     EISSN: 1547724X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08898481003689502     Document Type: Article

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