The burden and impact of measles among the Gypsy-Traveller communities, Thames Valley, 2006-09

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-31

  Maduma Butshe, Anne ^a   McCarthy, Noel ^a  

^a Thames Valley Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communicable diseases; public health; social determinants

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIC; GIPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MEASLES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; GYPSIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874778119     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fds052     Document Type: Article

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