Adults are whooping, but are internists listening?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 832-835

  Dworkin, Mark S ^a  

^a ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

AWARENESS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATHOGENESIS; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

EID: 18644378232     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-142-10-200505170-00008     Document Type: Review

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