Varicella susceptibility and vaccination strategies in young adults

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 296-306

  Jerant, Anthony F ^a   Degaetano, Joseph S ^a   Epperly, Ted D ^a   Hannapel, Andrew C ^a   Miller, Daniel R ^a   Lloyd, Andree J ^a  

^a Dwight David Eisenhower Army Med C   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHICKENPOX; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032110169     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.11.4.296     Document Type: Article

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