Economics of United States tuberculosis airline contact investigation policies: A return on investment analysis

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-71

  Coleman, Margaret S ^a   Marienau, Karen J ^a   Marano, Nina ^a   Marks, Suzanne M ^a   Cetron, Martin S ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Return on investment; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

CONTACT TRACING; RETURN ON INVESTMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIR TRAVEL; CONTACT TRACING; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; RISK; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893797901     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.10.016     Document Type: Article

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