Impact of vaccination against varicella on the reduction of the disease incidence in children and adolescents from Florianópolis, Brazil

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 365-368

  Kupek, Emil ^a   Tritany, Elaine F ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b Saúde Pública ^*

^c Instituto de Psiquiatria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68949125187     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1909     Document Type: Article

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