Protection against vaccine-preventable diseases in medical students: A follow up

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1057-1059

  Urwyler, Pascal ^a   Dierig, Alexa ^a   Walther, Kathi ^a   Heininger, Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Immunization status; Medical students; Pertussis

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; LIVE VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN STUDENT; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEDICAL STUDENT; MUMPS; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; TETANUS; VACCINATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VACCINATION; VACCINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926206341     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000381     Document Type: Article

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