Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 4 , Pages 412-416 , April 2008

Vaccine safety perceptions and experience with adverse events following immunization in Uzbekistan

  • G.L. Fowler

      Affiliations

    • Immunization Safety Office, Office of the Chief Science Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E-52, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
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  • E. Weintraub

      Affiliations

    • Immunization Safety Office, Office of the Chief Science Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E-52, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
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  • A. Kennedy

      Affiliations

    • Immunization Safety Office, Office of the Chief Science Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E-52, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +14046398696; fax: +14046396258.
    • Present address: Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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  • E.T. Luman

      Affiliations

    • Global Immunization Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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  • I. Shui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Boston, MA, USA
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  • A. Khromava

      Affiliations

    • Global Pharmacovigilance Department, Sanofi Pasteur, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • K. Kohl

      Affiliations

    • Immunization Safety Office, Office of the Chief Science Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E-52, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    • Present address: Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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  • D.A. Gust

      Affiliations

    • Immunization Safety Office, Office of the Chief Science Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E-52, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    • Present address: Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Received 25 October 2006 ,Revised 10 April 2007 ,Accepted 9 August 2007.

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PII: S0033-3506(07)00279-X

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.08.008

Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 4 , Pages 412-416 , April 2008

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