Tdap coverage in a military beneficiary population: Room for improvement

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1133-1136

  Lam, Sherrell T ^a   George, Susan ^a   Dunlow, Susan ^a   Nelson, Michael ^a   Hartzell, Joshua D ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERTUSSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS; TETANUS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINES; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TETANUS; VACCINATION; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 84885056846     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00366     Document Type: Article

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