Tetanus immunity in construction workers in Italy

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 217-219

  Rapisarda, V ^a   Bracci, M ^b   Nunnari, G ^a   Ferrante, M ^a   Ledda, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clostridium tetani; Construction workers; Immigrant; Italy; Tetanus; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TETANUS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TETANUS; TETANUS ANTITOXIN; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897496497     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqu019     Document Type: Article

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