Zoster vaccine in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1799-1800

  Fried, Roy ^a  

^a Premier Senior Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SMALLPOX VACCINE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PROPHYLAXIS; SMALLPOX; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; AGE; AGED; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER VACCINE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 77956308884     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03023.x     Document Type: Editorial

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