The immunisation cold chain why is it so hard to get right?

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Hazelton, Ken ^a   Balcomb, Annie ^a   Bowd, Kerrie ^b   Hazelton Parsons, Diana ^c   Liddle, Jeannine ^b  

^a Mid Western Public Health Unit ^*

^b Mid Western Public Health Unit   (Australia)

^c Division of General Practice   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG STORAGE; FREEZING; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; DRUG STORAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; REFRIGERATION; VACCINES;

EID: 0036782230     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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