Explaining the risks and benefits of vaccines to parents.
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Dr. Fredrickson is from the Department of 'Preventive Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas. Dr. Davis is lrom the Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine and Dr. Bocchini is lrom the Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State Universihj Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana. Address reprint requests to Terry C. Davis, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, P. O. Box 33932, Shreveport, LA 71130. This project was partially funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through Cooperative Agreement #6U76 AlI 00001
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Pediatric annals
دوره 30 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001