US Military Smallpox Vaccination Program Experience
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Smallpox Vaccination
This article was presented by the author at the Vaccination Seminar of May 26, 1972, National University Medical School.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.24.3278