Student immunity requirements of health professional schools:Vaccination and other means of fulfillment- united states, 2008

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 908-911

  Miller, Brady L ^a   Lindley, Megan C ^a   Ahmed, Faruque ^a   Wortley, Pascale M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SCHOOLS, NURSING; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 80051718074     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661785     Document Type: Article

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