Measles cases hit record high in Europe in 2018

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Leong, W Y ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION;

EID: 85063712023     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tay080     Document Type: Letter

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