MMR vaccine and Crohn's disease: Ecological study of hospital admissions in England, 1991 to 2002

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7500, 2005, Pages 1120-1121

  Seagroatt, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; ECOLOGY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROHN DISEASE; ENGLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 18744415065     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38449.476759.AE     Document Type: Article

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