A roller-coaster ride: Introduction of pentavalent vaccine in India

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-35

  Nair, Harish ^a,b   Hazarika, Indrajit ^b   Patwari, Ashok ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84866983859     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
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