Travelling with children

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-199

  Balkhy, Hanan H ^a  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Children; Immunization; Travel

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; TYPHOID VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DIPHTHERIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; MEASLES; MEDICAL CARE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MUMPS; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PERTUSSIS; PHYSICIAN; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; TETANUS; TRAVEL; YELLOW FEVER;

CHILD; DIARRHEA; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; HEPATITIS A VACCINES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALARIA; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RABIES; TRAVEL; TYPHOID-PARATYPHOID VACCINES; VACCINATION; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

EID: 0037293090     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(02)00291-1     Document Type: Article

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