Measles seroprevalence in Izmir with special emphasis on measles vaccination policy for Turkey

Pediatrics International

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 379-384

  Egemen, Ayten ^a   Aksit, Sadik ^a   Ozacar, Tijen ^a   Kurugol, Zafer ^a   Keskinoglu, Pembe ^a   Pehlivan, Tamer ^b   Mutlu, Sefika ^c  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Pasteur Merieux Connaught   (Turkey)

^c Department of Communicable Diseases ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Measles; Seroprevalence; Turkey; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MEASLES ANTIBODY; MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; VACCINATION;

EID: 0034889087     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2001.01413.x     Document Type: Article

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