"The dust hasn't settled yet": The national Q fever management program, missed opportunities for vaccination and community exposures

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 330-332

  Palmer, Cheryn ^a,b   McCall, Brad ^a   Jarvinen, Kari ^a   Krause, Michael ^a   Heel, Karen ^a  

^a Brisbane Southside Population Health Unit   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Occupational exposure; Q fever; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

Q FEVER VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; Q FEVER; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; Q FEVER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 34548008903     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00080.x     Document Type: Review

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