Varicella vaccination coverage of children under two years of age in Germany

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Reuss, Annicka M ^a,b   Feig, Marcel ^a   Kappelmayer, Lutz ^a   Siedler, Anette ^a   Eckmanns, Tim ^a   Poggensee, Gabriele ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT;

EID: 77955696752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-502     Document Type: Article

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