Seasonal influenza vaccine allocation in the canadian population during a pandemic

PLoS Currents

Volumn , Issue JAN, 2010, Pages

  Tuite, Ashleigh ^a   Fisman, David N ^a   Kwong, Jeffrey C ^b   Greer, Amy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 84873339397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.RRN1143     Document Type: Article

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