Tetanus immunisation in the elderly population

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 184-185

  Reid, Priscilla M ^a   Brown, David ^b   Coni, Nicholas ^b   Sama, Anshul ^b   Waters, M ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Clinical Immunology ^*

Author keywords

Elderly; Tetanus; Tetanus immunisation

Indexed keywords

TETANUS ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MILITARY SERVICE; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TETANUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, ACTIVE; INCIDENCE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINATION;

EID: 0029931484     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.3.184     Document Type: Article

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