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Compliance with Immunization Against H1N1 Influenza Virus Among Children with Cancer

Dimitrios DoganisPediatric Oncology Department, P. & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Maria TsoliaSecond Department of Pediatrics, P. & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Helen DanaPediatric Oncology Department, P. & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Despina BouhoutsouPediatric Oncology Department, P. & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Apostolos PourtsidisPediatric Oncology Department, P. & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Margarita BakaPediatric Oncology Department, P. & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Maria VarvoutsiPediatric Oncology Department, P. & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Marina ServitzoglouPediatric Oncology Department, P. & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Helen KosmidisPediatric Oncology Department, P. & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Pages 149-153 | Received 01 Oct 2012, Accepted 25 Nov 2012, Published online: 09 Jan 2013

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