Issues of human rabies immunoglobulin and vaccine: Policy versus practice

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-87

  Folb, Jonathan E ^a   Cooke, Richard P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health protection; Immunization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847391650     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdl079     Document Type: Article

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