Live viral vaccine potency: An index for assessing the cold chain system

Public Health

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 325-330

  Adu, F D ^a   Adedeji, A A ^b   Esan, J S ^a   Odusanya, O G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b Fed Vaccine Production Laboratories   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cold chain system; Measles; Nigeria; Polio; Vaccine potency; Yellow fever vaccines

Indexed keywords

LIVE VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; NIGERIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLIOMYELITIS; POWER SUPPLY; STORAGE; THAWING; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 0029799893     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0033-3506(96)80003-5     Document Type: Article

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