Vaccinating health care workers against smallpox in an isolated primary care facility

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 570-572

  Lesho, Emil P ^a,c   Schissel, Daniel J ^b   Harris, Mark D ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Army Medical Department Center and School   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTIMETABOLITE; CIDOFOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN B; SMALLPOX VACCINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ECZEMA; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NURSE; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SMALLPOX; VACCINATION;

EID: 0242266611     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(03)00473-X     Document Type: Article

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