Texas and Its Measles Epidemics

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Scientific Advisory Council   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; TEXAS; VACCINATION; EPIDEMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; TEXAS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84994236398     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002153     Document Type: Article

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