The cost of saving a statistical life: A case for influenza prevention and control

Health and Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 135-141

  Sproul, Thomas W ^a   Zilberman, David ^b   Roland Holst, David ^b   Otte, Joachim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

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EID: 84924954910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7077-0_8     Document Type: Chapter

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