Sero-epidemiology of tetanus antibody among the children in eastern Turkey

Public Health

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 379-382

  Inandi, T ^a   Ertekin, V ^a   Ayyildiz, A ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibody; Children and immunization; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

CHILD HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WOUND CARE;

(EAST); TURKEY;

EID: 0036856207     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900866     Document Type: Article

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