Tetanus seroepidemiology and factors influencing immunity status among farmers of advanced age

Health Policy

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 305-309

  Öncü, Serkan ^a   Önde, Mete ^a   Öncü, Selcen ^a   Ergin, Filiz ^a   Öztürk, Barçin ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Advanced age; Farmer; Seroepidemiology; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; TETANUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNITY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; TETANUS; VACCINATION;

AGED; AGRICULTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TETANUS; TURKEY;

EID: 79954708055     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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