Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 7 , Pages 465-469 , July 2009

Influenza vaccination coverage among Spanish children, 2006

Received 15 October 2008 ,Revised 14 April 2009 ,Accepted 15 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.05.002

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