Offering rubella vaccination to sexually active adolescents

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1561-

  Guala, Andrea ^a   Paoletti, Raffaele ^a   Pastore, Guido ^b   Sinaccio, Carola ^a   Pagani, Leonardo ^c  

^a Ospedale SS Pietro e Paolo   (Italy)

^b SANT'ANDREA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Ospedale di Bolzano   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAREGIVER; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RUBELLA VACCINE; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0037413981     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00720-X     Document Type: Letter

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