Tetanus antitoxin levels among adults over 40 years of age in Central Anatolia, Turkey

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-38

  Ozturk A ^a   Goahmetoglu S ^a   Erdem, F ^a   Mysguroglu Alkan S ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult; Antitoxin; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0037273647     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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