Mass immunisation campaign in a Roma settled community created an opportunity to estimate its size and measles vaccination uptake, Poland, 2009

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 26-31

  Stefanoff, P ^a   Orlikova, H ^a,b   Rogalska, J ^a   Kazanowska Zielinska, E ^c   Slodzinski, J ^d  

^a NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c Poviat Sanitary Epidemiological Station (PSSE)   (Poland)

^d Voyvodship Sanitary Epidemiological Station (WSSE)   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; NEWBORN; POLAND; POPULATION SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS VACCINATION; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; POLAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952683118     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.17.19552-en     Document Type: Article

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