Adverse medical events in British service personnel following anthrax vaccination

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 13-14, 2003, Pages 1348-1354

  Enstone, Joanne E ^a   Wale, Martin C J ^a,b   Nguyen Van Tam, Jonathan S ^a   Pearson, James C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthrax vaccine; Service personnel; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR FORCE; ANTHRAX; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ANTHRAX VACCINES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037471407     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00690-4     Document Type: Article

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