A model-based design of a vaccination strategy against rubella in a non-immunized community of São Paulo State, Brazil

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 579-594

  Massad, E ^a   Burattini, M Nascimento ^a,b   de Azevedo Neto, R S ^a   mo Yang, Hyun ^a   Coutinho, F A B ^a   Zanetta, D M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MODEL; RUBELLA; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VACCINE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VACCINATION;

EID: 0028232576     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800051281     Document Type: Article

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