Oseltamivir (Tamiflu®) for pandemic influenza in India: Some issues

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-

  Singh, Alka Aggarwal ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

DRUG USE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LETTER; PANDEMIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; EPIDEMIC;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OSELTAMIVIR;

EID: 69249179423     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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