Varicella vaccine refusal may not be bad

Comment

Kenneth Harkavy. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Aug.

. 2010 Aug;164(8):780; author reply 780-1.

doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.132.

No abstract available

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