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Vaccination for Children - Reference

Written by - Dr. Simi Paknikar, MD

Medically Reviewed by - Dr. Sunil Shroff, MBBS, MS, FRCS (UK), D. Urol (Lond)

Last Updated on Mar 09, 2017

Reference:

KD Tripathi. Essentials of Medical Pharmacology 6th edition
Vaccine India - (http://www.vaccineindia.org/)

Author: Dr. Simi Paknikar

Editor: Dr. Sunil Shroff

Technical: Lingaraj

Published on Sep 08, 2011
Last Updated on Mar 09, 2017

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