Mass vaccination of schoolchildren against influenza and its impact on the influenza-associated mortality rate among children in Japan

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 939-947

  Sugaya, Norio ^a,c   Takeuchi, Yoshinao ^b  

^a Keiyu Hospital   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Keiyu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIALIDASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DRUG USE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WINTER;

AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MASS IMMUNIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 25444502589     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432938     Document Type: Article

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