Toward a uniform system for naming vaccines and polyclonal immune globulins

Pharmacopeial Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1086-1095

  Grabenstein, John D ^a   Lu, Victor ^a  

^a US Pharmacopeia ^*

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Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT; ANTHRAX VACCINE; BCG VACCINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHICKENPOX MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; CONJUGATED VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS TOXOID; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID CRM197; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOLOGIC AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; POLYCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; RABIES VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; THERACYS; TICE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDIZATION; TAXONOMY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148997532     PISSN: 03634655     EISSN: 15421945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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