Monitoring vaccine reactions in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 150-

  Wood, Nicholas ^a   Isaac, David ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

AUSTRALIA; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEASLES; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUMPS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT MONITORING; PERTUSSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RUBELLA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VACCINATION; VACCINATION REACTION; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

EID: 33644624757     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00172.x     Document Type: Editorial

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