Development of vaccination policy in Japan: Current issues and policy directions

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 101-111

  Nakatani, Hiroki ^a   Sano, Tadashi ^a   Iuchi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a Japan Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; BCG VACCINE; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHOLERA VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RABIES VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; VACCINE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE; VENOMBIN A; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; CHICKENPOX; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MEASLES; MUMPS; PARALYSIS; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RABIES; REVIEW; RUBELLA; SMALLPOX; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YELLOW FEVER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MEASLES; POLICY MAKING; POLIOMYELITIS; RUBELLA; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036703914     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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