A comparison of young and aged populations for the diphtheria and tetanus antitoxin titers in Japan

Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-95

  Takahashi, Motohide ^a   Komiya, Takako ^a   Fukuda, Takashi ^a   Nagaoka, Yoshiaki ^a   Ishii, Rie ^b   Goshima, Fumie ^b   Arimoto, Hiroshi ^b   Kaku, Hirofumi ^b   Nakajima, Natuki ^b   Goshima, Toshiro ^b   Katoh, Tatsuo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; TETANUS ANTIBODY; VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; CHILD; DIPHTHERIA; HUMAN; JAPAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; REVIEW; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

EID: 9844256440     PISSN: 00215112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken1952.50.87     Document Type: Review

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