Closer to a polio-free eastern mediterranean region

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 645-646

  Alwan, A ^a   Maher, C ^b  

^a WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CLEARANCE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE ERADICATION; HEALTH SURVEY;

DISEASE ERADICATION; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; POLIOMYELITIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 85006087947     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2016.22.9.645     Document Type: Editorial

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