Immunity to tetanus in male adults in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 73-76

  Aboud, S ^a   Lyamuya, E F ^a   Kristoffersen, E K ^a   Matre, R ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROTECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TANZANIA; TETANUS; VACCINATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TANZANIA; TETANUS;

EID: 0035992476     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v79i2.8904     Document Type: Article

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