Mass psychogenic illness in nationwide in-school vaccination for pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009, Taiwan, November 2009-January 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Huang, W T ^a   Hsu, C C ^b   Lee, P I ^c   Chuang, J H ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b Medical Emergency Operations Center   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DIZZINESS; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEAKNESS; CROWDING; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MASS MEDIUM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASS BEHAVIOR; MASS MEDIA; NAUSEA; SCHOOLS; TAIWAN;

EID: 77953600839     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.21.19575-en     Document Type: Article

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