Low level of protection against diphtheria in adult population of Catalonia, Spain;Bajo grado de protección inmunitaria trente a la difteria en la población adulta de Cataluña

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 111, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 692-695

  Salleras, Lluís ^a,b   Vidal, Josep ^b   Plans, Pere ^a   Navas, Encarna ^a   Campins, Magda ^c   Espuñes, Jordi ^a   Domínguez, Angela ^a   Bayas, José María ^b  

^a Depto de Sanidad y Seguridad Social   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0012978251     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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