An initiative offering free pneumococcal vaccination to victims of the Great East Japan earthquake

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1068-

  Naito, Toshio ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; LETTER; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NATURAL DISASTER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIEF WORK; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; TSUNAMI; VACCINATION;

PNEUMONIA;

DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 84885736106     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203633     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Daito H, Suzuki M, Shiihara J, et al. Impact of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on pneumonia hospitalisations and mortality among adults in northern Miyagi, Japan: a multicentre observational study. Thorax 2013;68:544-50.
2. Interim Immunization Recommendations for Individuals Displaced by a Disaster. http://emergency.cdc.gov/ disasters/disease/vaccrecdisplaced.asp (accessed1 26 Mar 2013).