Measles vaccination levels of children enrolled in WIC during the 1991 measles epidemic in New York City

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1551-1556

  LeBaron, Charles W ^a   Birkhead, Guthrie S ^b,c   Parsons, Patricia ^b   Grabau, John C ^b   Barr Gale, Linda ^b   Fuhrman, John ^b   Brooks, Steven ^b   Maes, Edmond ^a   Friedman, Stephen ^d   Hadler, Stephen C ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d New York City Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEDICAID; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10544233779     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.11.1551     Document Type: Article

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