Understanding disease control: Influence of epidemiological and economic factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Oleś, Katarzyna ^a,b   Gudowska Nowak, Ewa ^a   Kleczkowski, Adam ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; INFECTION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCESS MODEL; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84860783754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036026     Document Type: Article

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