Effects of India's new polio policy on travellers

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9929, 2014, Pages 1632-

  Quam, Mikkel ^a   Massad, Eduardo ^b   Wilder Smith, Annelies ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

AFGHANISTAN; EMPORIATRICS; ETHIOPIA; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; KENYA; LETTER; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMALIA; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDIA; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; TRAVEL;

EID: 84900299180     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60537-7     Document Type: Letter

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