Update on chickenpox;Actualización en varicela

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-49

  Amela Heras, C ^a   Peña Rey, Isabel ^a   Pachon del Amo I ^a   Martinez de Aragon M V ^a  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 33644938536     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13084770     Document Type: Article

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