The meningococcal vaccine recommendation: What a tangled web we weave

Journal of the American College Health Association

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-96

  Grace, Ted W ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0036729955     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448480209596336     Document Type: Article

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