Canadian newspaper coverage of the A/H1N1 vaccine program

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 200-203

  Rachul, Christen M ^a   Ries, Nola M ^a,b   Caulfield, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Influenza vaccines; Newspapers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960781623     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404896     Document Type: Article

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