The burden of tick-borne encephalitis in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for Slovenia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Šmit, Renata ^a,b   Postma, Maarten J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLOVENIA; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; UNCERTAINTY; VACCINATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COST OF ILLNESS; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SLOVENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84956700673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144988     Document Type: Article

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