Rubella Seroprevalence in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and the Changing Need of the SAF Rubella Immunisation Programme

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-39

  Lim, M K ^a,c   Fong, Y F ^b   Soh, C S ^b  

^a Defence Medical Research Institute   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Army   (Singapore)

^c Defence Medical Research Institute   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Measles; Soldiers; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEROLOGY; SINGAPORE; SOLDIER;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0030630223     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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