Measles elimination in the americas evolving strategies

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 224-229

  De Quadros, Ciro A ^a   Olivé, Jean Marc ^a,b   Hersh, Bradley S ^a   Strassburg, Marc A ^c   Henderson, Donald A ^d   Brandling Bennett, David ^a   Alleyne, George A O ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

BRAZIL; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILE; CUBA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030028747     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.3.224     Document Type: Article

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