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. 2007 Feb;97(2):218.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.103986. Epub 2006 Dec 28.

The polio epidemic in Israel in the 1950s

Nava Blum  1 , Elizabeth Fee
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The polio epidemic in Israel in the 1950s

Nava Blum et al. Am J Public Health. 2007 Feb.
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Israeli children undergoing rehabilitation in “Feinston House” of the Sick Fund in Ramot Hashavim (a cooperative Israeli settlement) in the 1950s. Source. Tirtza Heiman, daughter of Ludwig Ginsburg, the director of “Feinston House” in Ramot Hashavim, Israel.
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