Rubella vaccination strategy

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 389-391

  Hinman, Alan R ^a  

^a Task Force for Child Survival and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RUBELLA VACCINE;

CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; EVOLUTION; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEASLES VACCINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; VACCINATION;

EID: 35348986632     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1700     Document Type: Editorial

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