Vaccination coverage against measles in German-born and foreign-born children and identification of unvaccinated subgroups in Germany

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2563-2569

  Poethko Müller, Christina ^a   Ellert, Ute ^a   Kuhnert, Ronny ^a   Neuhauser, Hannelore ^a   Schlaud, Martin ^a   Schenk, Liane ^b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immigrant; Measles; Vaccination coverage

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; SIBLINGS; VACCINATION;

EID: 63449093499     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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