Pneumococcal vaccination for welders

Thorax

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 198-199

  Coggon, David ^a   Harris, E Clare ^a   Cox, Vanessa ^a   Palmer, Keith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; GAS; METAL;

BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG INDICATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MORTALITY; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; WELDING; WELDING FUME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GAS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; TOXICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENGLAND; GASES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; VACCINATION; WALES; WELDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921451645     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206129     Document Type: Note

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