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Off-label use of vaccines.
This article reviews the off-label recommendations and use of vaccines, and focuses on the differences between the labelled instructions on how to use the vaccine as approved by the regulatory authorities (or "label"1), and the recommendations for use issued by public health advisory bodies at national and international levels. Differences between public health recommendations and the product l...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Oncology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0923-7534
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdg035