The face of South Africa's Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) schedule

SA Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Baker, Lee ^a  

^a Amayeza Info Centre   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; PENTAXIM; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DRUG EFFICACY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; MEASLES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; TETANUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 77953468555     PISSN: 10151362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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