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Research Paper

Women’s understanding of immunization card and its correlation with vaccination behaviors

Ryoko Satoa Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Benjamin Fintanb IndependentView further author information
Pages 2408-2414 | Received 11 Nov 2019, Accepted 30 Jan 2020, Published online: 21 Feb 2020

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