Pakistan: The final frontier for global polio eradication

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 109-110

  Ahmad, Syed Osama ^a   Yousuf, Fouad ^a   Bux, Ahmed S ^a   Abu Zaid, Ahmed ^a  

^a ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

DISEASE ERADICATION; HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PATIENT SAFETY; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

DISEASE ERADICATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; PAKISTAN; PATIENT SAFETY; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES;

EID: 84958103307     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-205530     Document Type: Editorial

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