Cost-effectiveness of tick-borne encephalitis vaccination in Slovenian adults

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 44, 2012, Pages 6301-6306

  Šmit, Renata ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NONE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Adults; Cost effectiveness; Slovenia; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLOVENIA; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84865787537     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.07.083     Document Type: Article

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