Risk groups and other target groups - Preliminary ECDC guidance for developing influenza vaccination recommendations for the season 2010-11

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Nokleby, H ^a   Nicoll, A ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

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EID: 77951015517     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
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