The impact of rubella immunisation on the incidence of rubella, congenital rubella syndrome and rubella-related terminations of pregnancy in South Australia

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 998-1004

  Cheffins, Tracy ^a   Chan, Annabelle ^a   Keane, Rosemary J ^a   Haan, Eric A ^b   Hall, Robert ^a  

^a South Australian Health Commission   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUBELLA ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; VACCINATION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RUBELLA; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL; RUBELLA VACCINE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031688338     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10264.x     Document Type: Article

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