Exposure to heat and freezing in the vaccine cold chain in Thailand

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1328-1333

  Techathawat, Sirirat ^a   Varinsathien, Porpit ^a   Rasdjarmrearnsook, Aimorn ^a   Tharmaphornpilas, Piyanit ^a  

^a Bureau of General Communicable Diseases   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cold chain; Freezing; Vaccine management

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG TRANSPORT; FREEZING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THAILAND; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

COLD; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG STORAGE; FREEZING; HEAT; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; MEASLES VACCINE; THAILAND; VACCINES;

EID: 33845905496     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.09.092     Document Type: Article

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