Rubella seroprevalence among first-grade primary school students in a district in Istanbul, Turkey

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-273

  Ay, Pinar ^a   Topuzoglu, A ^a   Korukluoglu, G ^b   Cali, S ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Refik Saydam Zent Inst Hyg   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Rubella; Seroprevalance; Students; Turkey

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; STUDENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; MEASLES; MUMPS; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RUBELLA; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VACCINATION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VACCINE; SCHOOLS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STUDENTS; TURKEY;

EURASIA; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 33344467867     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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