Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, Rubella, Rubeola, and Varicella Infection and Immunity among Medical School Employees

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 915-917

  L'Ecuyer, Paul B ^b   Miller, Marilyn ^b   Winters, Karen ^b   Fraser, Victoria J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MANPOWER; MEASLES; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUBELLA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHICKENPOX; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUBELLA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032240030     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30142017     Document Type: Article

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