Meninigitis immunisation: Challenges, successes and new developments

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-25

  Boulton, Jacqueline ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Immunisation; Immunology; Meningitis; Meningococcal disease; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIAL VACCINES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874500679     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2013.22.1.20     Document Type: Article

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