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Comment
. 2006 Nov 11;333(7576):1020.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.451389.FA.

Influenza vaccination: policy versus evidence: no gap between policy and evidence

David S Fedson, Kristin L Nichol
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Influenza vaccination: policy versus evidence: no gap between policy and evidence

David S Fedson et al. BMJ. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: DSF has received honorariums from Sanofi Pasteur for lectures on influenza vaccination, and in 2003-4 served as a part time consultant to the Influenza Vaccine Supply International Task Force.

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