Prevalence of immunosuppression among US adults, 2013

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 2547-2548

  Harpaz, Rafael ^a   Dahl, Rebecca M ^a   Dooling, Kathleen L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; SELF REPORT;

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85008178874     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.16477     Document Type: Letter

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