Evaluation of the impact of an HMO's varicella vaccination program on incidence of varicella

Vaccine

Volumn 22, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 1480-1485

  Mullooly, John P ^a   Maher, Julie E ^a,b   Drew, Lois ^a   Schuler, Roberleigh ^a   Hu, Weiming ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Health maintenance organization; Vaccination; Varicella

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; OREGON; POPULATION; SEASONS;

EID: 1842561483     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.10.021     Document Type: Article

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