Strategies for vaccination of close contacts and expectant parents of infants: The next immunization frontier for pediatricians

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 410-412

  Shah, Shetal ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLOSE CONTACT; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; PANDEMIC; PERTUSSIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANUS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SIBLINGS; VACCINATION;

EID: 66149149206     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.38     Document Type: Note

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