Evaluation of 21st-Century Risks of Smallpox Vaccination and Policy Options

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 488-493

  Lane, J Michael ^a   Goldstein, Joel ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CIDOFOVIR; LIVE VACCINE; METISAZONE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; STEROID; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACCIDENTAL IMPLANTATION; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ECZEMA VACCINATUM; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVACCINATION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SMALLPOX; TERRORISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; URTICARIA; VACCINATION REACTION; VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECZEMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; VACCINATION;

BIOTERRORISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ECZEMA; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VACCINE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINIA;

EID: 0037453124     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-138-6-200303180-00014     Document Type: Review

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