Polio in Syria

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9916, 2014, Pages 489-491

  Aylward, R Bruce ^a   Alwan, Ala ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

CONGO; EGYPT; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; NIGERIA; NOTE; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMALIA; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TAJIKISTAN; VACCINATION;

EID: 84895910338     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60132-X     Document Type: Note

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