Immunisation and the importance of good timing

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1199, 2004, Pages

  Grant, Cameron C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; VACCINE;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIPHTHERIA; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFLUENZA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TETANUS; UNITED STATES; ABORIGINE; AGE; ETHNOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; VACCINES;

EID: 6944237255     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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