Influenza vaccine: New recommendations for infants and children aged 6 to 23 months

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 874-877

  Campos Outcalt, Doug ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; MERCURY; RIMANTADINE; THIOMERSAL;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG STORAGE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALAISE; MYALGIA; PAIN; REVIEW; SKIN EDEMA; VACCINATION;

EID: 8144227778     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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