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An estimation of indirect costs caused by acute rotavirus gastroenteritis in a Galician area, Spain

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    Federico Martinón-Torres, Marta Bouzón-Alejandro, Maria López-Sousa, Lorenzo Redondo-Collazo, Santiago Almeida-Agudín, Consuelo Astorgano-Fernández & José María Martinón-Sánchez

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Martinón-Torres, F., Bouzón-Alejandro, M., López-Sousa, M. et al. An estimation of indirect costs caused by acute rotavirus gastroenteritis in a Galician area, Spain. Eur J Pediatr 167, 337–339 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-007-0466-3

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