Measles, measles vaccination, and Crohn's disease

BMJ

Volumn 316, Issue 7146, 1998, Pages 1745-

  Miller, Elizabeth ^a   Waight, Pauline ^a   Pebody, R G ^b   Paunio, M ^c   Ruutu, P ^d   Lawrenson, Ross ^e   Farmer, Richard ^e  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b European Programme of Intervention Epidemiology Training   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE; VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROHN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROHN DISEASE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; RISK FACTORS; RUBELLA VACCINE; VACCINES, COMBINED;

EID: 85007755309     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7146.1745     Document Type: Letter

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