Fixing a failed vaccine
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Running Head: REPLICATING AND FIXING FAILED REPLICATIONS
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1078-8956,1546-170X
DOI: 10.1038/nm0109-21