Impact of routine vaccination with a conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine

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Impact of routine vaccination with a conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine. / Hviid, Anders; Melbye, Mads.

In: Vaccine, Vol. 22, No. 3-4, 02.01.2004, p. 378-382.

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Hviid, A & Melbye, M 2004, 'Impact of routine vaccination with a conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine', Vaccine, vol. 22, no. 3-4, pp. 378-382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.08.001

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Hviid, A., & Melbye, M. (2004). Impact of routine vaccination with a conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine. Vaccine, 22(3-4), 378-382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.08.001

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Hviid A, Melbye M. Impact of routine vaccination with a conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine. Vaccine. 2004 Jan 2;22(3-4):378-382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.08.001

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Hviid, Anders ; Melbye, Mads. / Impact of routine vaccination with a conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine. In: Vaccine. 2004 ; Vol. 22, No. 3-4. pp. 378-382.

Bibtex

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