Progress toward measles elimination - Japan, 1999-2008

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 57, Issue 38, 2008, Pages 1049-1052

  Sunagawa, T ^a   Shimada, T ^a   Ueno Yamamoto, K ^a   Yamashita, K ^a   Tanaka Taya, K ^a   Tada, Y ^a   Yasui, Y ^a   Matsui, T ^a   Taniguchi, K ^a   Kobayashi, J ^a   Okabe, N ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEASLES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; JAPAN; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 52749089157     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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