Do vaccines save lives? Yes they do!;As vacinas salvam vidas? sim, salvam!

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 160-162

  Lernout, Tinne ^a   Theeten, Heidi ^a   Leuridan, Elke ^a   Van Damme, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases; Vaccination; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; GASTROENTERITIS; HEPATITIS B; HERD IMMUNITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; VACCINATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; VACCINES;

EID: 84900029919     PISSN: 0870399X     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20344/amp.5320     Document Type: Article

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