Feasibility of a rubella screening and vaccination programme for unvaccinated young women

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1319-1322

  Ruijs, W L M ^a,b   Hulscher, M E J L ^a   Hahne S J M ^c   Van Binnendijk, R S ^c   Van der velden, J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Health Service GGD Rivierenland   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Rubella; Screening; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; RELIGION; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VACCINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949128273     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001982     Document Type: Article

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