Pharmacists' Role in Preventing Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

U.S. Pharmacist

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 39-45

  O'Brien, Karen K ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; CHICKENPOX; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG FORMULARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; MASS MEDIUM; MEASLES; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MUMPS; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERTUSSIS; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS; RUBELLA; SCREENING TEST; TETANUS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

EID: 73249122413     PISSN: 01484818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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