Global eradication of polio

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-162

  Steinglass, Robert ^a  

^a JSI RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CIRCULATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERADICATION THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MORTALITY; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALLPOX; HEALTH; NIGERIA; NOTE;

HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; NIGERIA; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 58249090926     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2008.913     Document Type: Letter

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