Measles among migrants in the European Union and the European Economic Area

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 6-13

  Williams, Gemma A ^a   Bacci, Sabrina ^b   Shadwick, Rebecca ^a   Tillmann, Taavi ^c   Rechel, Bernd ^c   Noori, Teymur ^b   Suk, Jonathan E ^b   Odone, Anna ^c,d   Ingleby, Jonathan D ^e   Mladovsky, Philipa ^a   McKee, Martin ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Europe; European Economic Area; immunization; measles; migrant health; migrants; preventive services; surveillance; vaccination

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

CHILD; DISEASE ERADICATION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEASLES; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; DISEASE ERADICATION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; GOALS; HUMANS; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84957578838     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494815610182     Document Type: Review

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