Tetanus immunization among geriatric hospitalized patients

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 495-496

  Pepersack, T ^a   Turneer, M ^b   De Breucker, S ^a   Stubbe, M ^a   Beyer, I ^c  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHOLESTEROL; PREALBUMIN; TETANUS TOXOID;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECUBITUS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINATION;

EID: 23744496527     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-005-1353-3     Document Type: Article

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