Primary prevention and rubella immunity: Overlooked issues in the outpatient obstetric setting

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 633-636

  Schoenhoff, Deborah D ^a,b   Lane, Timothy W ^a   Hansen, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MOSES CONE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RUBELLA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RUBELLA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031225251     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141490     Document Type: Article

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