Rationing influenza vaccine.
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Rationing influenza vaccine: Legal strategies and considerations for local health officials.
Despite the fact that influenza vaccine is an important health resource, the structure and organization of the US vaccine manufacturing system has produced influenza vaccine shortages or distribution delays in five out of the last six influenza seasons. These shortages have produced the need for local public health officials to develop protocols for rationing and redistributing influenza vaccin...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The New England journal of medicine
دوره 351 23 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004