Impact of routine vaccination with a pertussis toxoid vaccine in Denmark

Vaccine

Volumn 22, Issue 27-28, 2004, Pages 3530-3534

  Hviid, Anders ^a   Stellfeld, Michael ^b   Andersen, Peter Henrik ^b   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Melbye, Mads ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Pertussis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; DRUG EFFICACY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PERTUSSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; REGISTRIES; TOXOIDS; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 4143106891     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.03.046     Document Type: Article

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