Quarterly communicable disease review July to September 1998

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 102-108

  Catchpole, M ^a   White, J ^a   Rush, M ^a   Campbell, H ^a   Ncube, F ^a   Bell, A ^a   Maguire, H ^a   Nicoll, A ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIPHTHERIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MEASLES; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MUMPS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RUBELLA; SYPHILIS; TETANUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEASLES VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; SYPHILIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0032997129     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/21.1.102     Document Type: Review

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