Anthrax vaccination and risk of optic neuritis in the United States Military, 1998-2003

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 871-875

  Payne, Daniel C ^a   Rose Jr , Charles E ^a   Kerrison, John ^b,c   Aranas, Aaron ^a   Duderstadt, Susan ^d   McNeil, Michael M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Retina Consultants of Charleston   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMALLPOX; UNITED STATES;

ANTHRAX VACCINES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ODDS RATIO; OPTIC NEURITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SMALLPOX VACCINE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745098748     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.63.6.871     Document Type: Article

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