Contraindications to smallpox vaccination.
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Smallpox Vaccination
This article was presented by the author at the Vaccination Seminar of May 26, 1972, National University Medical School.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1973
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5868.714-a