Tetanus immunity in long-term care facilities

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1116-1119

  Fernandes, Ritabelle ^a   Valcour, Victor ^a   Flynn, Bret ^a   Masaki, Kamal ^a   Blanchette, Patricia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aged; Immunization; Long term care; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

TETANUS ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION RISK; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TETANUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TETANUS;

EID: 0042021944     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51361.x     Document Type: Article

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