Tetanus in England and Wales, 1984-2000

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-77

  Rushdy, A A ^a   White, J M ^a   Ramsay, M E ^a   Crowcroft, N S ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATE MEDICINE; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINATION; WALES;

EID: 0037326308     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268802007884     Document Type: Article

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