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Review
. 2015 Dec;108(12):473-7.
doi: 10.1177/0141076815605211. Epub 2015 Oct 2.

Lessons from a modern review of the smallpox eradication files

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Lessons from a modern review of the smallpox eradication files

Wolfram G Metzger et al. J R Soc Med. 2015 Dec.
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