Educational vaccine tools: The French initiative

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 250-253

  Belmin, Joel ^a   Bourée, Patrice ^b   Camus, Daniel ^c   Guiso, Nicole ^d   Jeandel, Claude ^e   Trivalle, Christophe ^f   Veyssier, Pierre ^g  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES FOIX   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e CHU   (France)

^f HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^g Centre Hospitalier Compiegne   (France)

Author keywords

Education tool; Immunization; Teaching; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; VACCINATION;

HERPES ZOSTER;

EID: 67651175961     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324906     Document Type: Review

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