Improved general health of international adoptees, but immunization status still insufficient

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1101-1106

  Van Schaik, Robin ^a   Wolfs, Tom F ^a   Geelen, Sibyl P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Immunization; Infectious diseases; Medical screening

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOPTION; ANTIBODIES; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 75549088340     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-008-0895-7     Document Type: Article

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