Declining seroprevalence of rubella antibodies among young Israeli adults: A 12-year comparison

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1223-1226

  Huerta, Michael ^a,b   Davidovitch, Nadav ^a   Ankol, Omer E ^a   Zaaide, Yona ^a   Grotto, Itamar ^a   Balicer, Ran D ^a   Zangvil, Eli ^a  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b Army Health Branch   (Israel)

Author keywords

Rubella; Seroepidemiologic study; Young adults

Indexed keywords

RUBELLA ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; SAMPLE SIZE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 7944228718     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.04.036     Document Type: Article

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