Walk-in primary medical care centres: lessons from Canada.
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Objective To compare rates of local reactions associated with two needle sizes used to administer routine immunisations to infants. Design Randomised controlled trial. Setting Routine immunisation clinics in eight general practices in Buckinghamshire. Participants Healthy infants attending for third primary immunisation due at 16 weeks of age: 119 infants were recruited, and 110 diary cards were
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عنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 321 7266 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000