Assessment of the need for universal BCG vaccination of children in Taipei

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-77

  Wang, Pair Dong ^a  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

BCG vaccine; Child; Taipei City; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPUTUM SMEAR; TAIWAN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 58549105313     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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