The Kendrick-Eldering-(Frost) pertussis vaccine field trial.
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Pearl Kendrick, Grace Eldering, and the Pertussis Vaccine
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
دوره 100 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007