Large outbreak of measles in London: Reversal of health inequalities

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 424-425

  Atkinson, P ^a   Cullinan, C ^a   Jones, J ^b   Fraser, G ^b   Maguire, H ^b  

^a Southwark PCT   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 16844381053     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.048892     Document Type: Article

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