Impact of the 1999 AAP/USPHS joint statement on thimerosal in vaccines on infant hepatitis B vaccination practices

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 94-97

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HEPATITIS B VACCINE; PRESERVATIVE; THIOMERSAL;

ARTICLE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICHIGAN; OKLAHOMA; OREGON; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; THIMEROSAL; VACCINATION; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0035895920     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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