Update: Diphtheria Epidemic - New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union, January 1995-March 1996

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 45, Issue 32, 1996, Pages 693-697

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Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; USSR;

COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS;

EID: 0030590158     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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