Polio and the risk for the European Union

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9913, 2014, Pages 216-217

  Celentano, Lucia Pastore ^a   Lopalco, Pier Luigi ^a   Huitric, Emma ^a   Coulombier, Denis ^a   Giesecke, Johan ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION;

EID: 84892600534     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62223-0     Document Type: Letter

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