Immigration flows and new epidemiological evidence in southern Italy

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 399-400

  Gabutti, Giovanni ^a   Fedele, Alberto ^b   Aprile, Valerio ^b   Guido, Marcello ^a   Lopalco, Pierluigi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b AUSL LE/1   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immigration; Southern Italy; VZV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHICKENPOX; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; SANITATION; SRI LANKA; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037449508     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00402-4     Document Type: Article

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