Pertussis prevention and diagnosis practices for adolescents and adults among a national sample of French general practitioners

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-91

  Lasserre, Andrea ^a,b   Tison, Coralie ^a,b   Turbelin, Clément ^a,b   Arena, Christophe ^a,b   Guiso, Nicole ^c   Blanchon, Thierry ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Adult; Bordetella pertussis; General practitioners; Pertussis vaccination; Vaccination guidelines; Whooping cough

Indexed keywords

PERTUSSIS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; DTPP VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LETTER; PERTUSSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WHOOPING COUGH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FRANCE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, INACTIVATED; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TETANUS TOXOID; WHOOPING COUGH; YOUNG ADULT; VACCINES, COMBINED;

EID: 77953619991     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.04.001     Document Type: Letter

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