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Vaccines for neonatal viral infections: Hepatitis B vaccine

FT Cutts Medical Research Council, PO Box 273 Banjul,The Gambia. [email protected]
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AJ Hall London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Pages 349-352 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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Website

  • World Health Organization — Hepatitis B vaccine www.who.intivaccines/en/hepatitisb.html Accessed July, 2004.

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