Vaccination’s Forgotten Origins

Vaccination's Forgotten Origins.

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-2833 Accepted for publication Oct 28, 2016 Address correspondence to Patrick J. Pead, MSc, FIBMS, FHA, 34 Barker Close, Fishbourne, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 8BJ UK. E-mail: [email protected] PEDIATRICS (ISSN Numbers: Print, 0031-4005; Online, 10984275). Copyright © 2017 by the American Academy of Pediatrics FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: Publishing might result in limited sal...

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