The diphtheria vaccine debacle of 1940 that ushered in comprehensive childhood immunization in the United Kingdom

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 487-493

  Mortimer, P P ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diphtheria; mass immunization

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTHRALGIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COST; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG UNDERDOSE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URTICARIA; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY;

DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION;

EID: 79955694499     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881000302X     Document Type: Review

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