Seroprevalence of tetanus antibodies among adults older than 65 years

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-21

  Alagappan, K ^a   Rennie, W ^a   Kwiatkowski, T ^a   Falck, J ^a   Silverstone, F ^a   Silverman, R ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETANUS ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANUS;

EID: 0029991791     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70132-4     Document Type: Article

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