Pneumococcal vaccination: An important strategy to prevent pneumonia in aboriginal and Torres Strait Island adults

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 281-285

  Hanna, Jeffrey N ^a   Gratten, Mike ^b   Tiley, Susan M ^c   Brookes, Dianne L ^a   Bapty, Greg ^c  

^a TROPICAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT   (Australia)

^b Queensland Health   (Australia)

^c CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030822953     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01700.x     Document Type: Article

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