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Decennial diphtheria-tetanus adult boosters: are they really necessary?
Available epidemiological data shows that an average number of 59 cases of tetanus per year are still reported in Italy. Most of cases (80.2%) occur in subjects > 64 years-old. Furthermore, the proportion of females among subjects ≥ 65 years-old is significantly higher than males (87.7% vs. 64.4%...
Autores principales: | TRUCCHI, C., ZOPPI, G. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Pacini Editore SpA
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4718344/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26789832 |
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