Improving vaccination cold chain in the general practice setting

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 892-896

  Page, Sue L ^a,b   Earnest, Arul ^c   Birden, Hudson ^d   Deaker, Rachelle ^e   Clark, Chris ^e  

^a North Coast Medical Education Collaboration   (Australia)

^b Department of Education   (Australia)

^c Northern Rivers University   (Australia)

^d North Coast Medical Education Collaboration ^*  (Australia)

^e Northern Rivers General Practice Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COLD; DRUG STORAGE; FREEZING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE;

COLD TEMPERATURE; DRUG STORAGE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; REFRIGERATION; VACCINES;

EID: 54349106756     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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