Vaccinating children against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and poliomyelitis in Nepal
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Quadracel: Vaccination Against Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, and Poliomyelitis in Children.
INTRODUCTION Vaccinations in school-aged children are required by state and local law to maintain high vaccination coverage rates, as well as low rates of vaccine-preventable diseases. Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis are childhood diseases that can be life threatening; poliomyelitis, another childhood disease, can be disabling. In turn, vaccinations were developed to provide protection again...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Renaissance
سال: 1970
ISSN: 1994-7208
DOI: 10.3126/hren.v9i2.4984