794Socioeconomic and racial disparities associated with pandemic and seasonal influenza among children
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seasonal influenza among children Maria Middleton, MPH; Susan E. Coffin, MD, MPH; Mark Ramos; Kristen Feemster MD, MPH, MSHP; Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Center for Biomedical Informatics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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دوره 1 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014