A study of an outbreak of hysteria after hepatitis B vaccination;Estudio de un brote de histeria después de la vacunación de hepatitis B

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-3

  Peiŕ, Enrique Fernando ^a,c   Yáñez, José Luis ^b   Carramiñana, Isabel ^b   Rullán, John V ^a   Castell, Juan ^a  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b Serv Terr de Sanid Bienestar S B   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; HYSTERIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030167704     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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