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Related information on Better Health Channel
- Coughing and wheezing in children.
- Diphtheria.
- Immunisation - childhood.
- Infections - bacterial and viral.
- Tetanus.
Related information on other websites
Victorian Government – Free whooping cough vaccine.
The Children's Hospital at Westmead – Parents – Whooping cough.
Immunisation – Victorian Government Health Information.
Immunise Australia Program.
Victorian Government – Infectious diseases, in your language.
References used for this fact sheet
- Australian Immunisation Handbook – 9th Edition 2008, [online], Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Government. More information here.
- National Immunisation Program Schedule [online], Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Government.. More information here.
- Common reactions to vaccines [online], Department of Health Victoria, Victorian Government. More information here.
- Criteria for use of government vaccine. Department of Health, Victorian Government. More information here.
- Pre-immunisation checklist [online], Department of Health Victoria, Victorian Government. More information here.
- Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), poliomyelitis (polio) and influenzae type b (Hib) – immunisation information [online], Department of Health Victoria, Victorian Government. More information here.
- Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) and poliomyelitis (polio) – immunisation information [online], Department of Health Victoria, Victorian Government. More information here.
- Adult/adolescent diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis – immunisation information [online], Department of Health Victoria, Victorian Government. More information here.
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