Understanding Proximal–Distal Economic Projections of the Benefits of Childhood Preventive Interventions

Prevention Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 807-817

  Slade, Eric P ^a,b   Becker, Kimberly D ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic projection; Prevention; Proximal distal modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889999962     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: 15736695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-013-0445-z     Document Type: Article

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