Concurrent Vaccinations and U.S. Military Hospitalizations

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 697-703

  Payne, Daniel C ^a   Aranas, Aaron ^a   McNeil, Michael M ^a   Duderstadt, Susan ^a   Rose Jr , Charles E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

Military Hospitalizations; Multiple Vaccinations; Vaccine Analytic Unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; TIME TO EVENT ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548031400     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.03.018     Document Type: Article

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