Rabies control in India: A need to close the gap between research and policy

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 131-132

  Abbas, Syed Shahid ^a   Kakkar, Manish ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; RABIES; RESEARCH WORK;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOG BITE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLIOMYELITIS; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; BOVINE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DOG; ECONOMICS; PROCEDURES;

INDIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DOGS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDIA; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES;

EID: 84922360864     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.140723     Document Type: Article

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