Adult immunization guidelines: Challenges and opportunities

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-60

  Hopkins Jr , Robert H ^a   Vyas, Keyur S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVACCINATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74849111156     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-1-201001050-00014     Document Type: Editorial

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