Varicella susceptibility and incidence of herpes zoster among children and adolescents in a community under active surveillance

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 27-30, 2003, Pages 4238-4242

  Goldman, Gary S ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent survey; Herpes zoster; Varicella susceptibility

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; LICENSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0348078295     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(03)00461-4     Document Type: Article

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