The Role of Influenza Vaccine in Healthcare Workers in the Era of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 573-575

  Wilder Smith, A ^a   Ang, B ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG PROTEIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ABSENTEEISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0242551118     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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