Communicable disease and health protection quarterly review: October to December 2004

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 222-227

  Hough, Neil ^a   Gillespie, Iain ^a   Evans, Barry ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communicable disease; Hepatitis; Lymphogranuloma Venereum; MMR; Norovirus; Salmonella; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MEASLES; MUMPS; NOROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RUBELLA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

EID: 21644487552     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdi028     Document Type: Review

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