Vaccine-preventable diseases in health care

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 731-739

  Kessler, Ellen R ^a  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

CHICKENPOX; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; MEASLES; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POLIOMYELITIS; REVIEW; TETANUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHICKENPOX; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEASLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLIOMYELITIS; TETANUS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; VACCINES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 33748973948     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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