Civil society: A critical new advocate for vaccination in Europe

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 624-628

  Laurent Ledru, Vanina ^a   Thomson, Angus ^b   Monsonego, Joseph ^c  

^a Laboratoire MSD   (France)

^b SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

^c Women Against Cervical Cancer   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Civil society; Human papillomavirus; Immunization policy; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

AWARENESS; CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION;

EUROPE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SOCIETIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VACCINATION;

EID: 78650626306     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.11.004     Document Type: Review

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