Change from oral poliovirus vaccine to inactivated poliovirus vaccine [9]

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Volumn 360, Issue 9340, 2002, Pages 1178-

  Mele, Alfonso ^b   Jefferson, Tom ^b   Franco, Elisabetta ^b   Salmaso, Stefania ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INACTIVATED POLIOVIRUS VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATTENUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ERADICATION THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; LETTER; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037068956     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11227-X     Document Type: Letter

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