Protection against vaccine-preventable diseases in medical students

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-374

  Baer, Gurli ^a   Bonhoeffer, Jan ^a   Schaad, Urs B ^a   Heininger, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Immunization; Medical students; Occupational risk; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SWITZERLAND; TETANUS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037393938     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200304000-00018     Document Type: Article

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