Comments on the Institute of Medicine's 2002 report on the safety of anthrax vaccine

Psychological Reports

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 187-191

  Schumm, Walter R ^a   Webb, Farrell J ^b   Jurich, Anthony P ^b   Bollman, Stephan R ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX VACCINE;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; HUMAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANTHRAX; ANTHRAX VACCINES; HUMANS;

EID: 0036690653     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.91.1.187     Document Type: Review

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