A test of the feasibility of pneumococcal vaccination in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 724-727

  Slobodkin, David ^a,b,c   Kitlas, Jennifer L ^c   Zielske, Paul G ^a  

^a County Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Health services accessibility; Immunization; Pneumococcus; Primary prevention; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032776890     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00443.x     Document Type: Article

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