Years of potential life lost and hospitalization costs associated with leptospirosis in Brazil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1001-1008

  de Souza, Verena Maria Mendes ^a   Arsky, Maria de Lourdes Nobre Simões ^b   de Castro, André Peres Barbosa ^a   de Araujo, Wildo Navegantes ^a  

^a MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^b SVS MS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860614767     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102011005000070     Document Type: Article

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