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Japan lagging in influenza jabs
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Japan lagging in influenza jabs

  • Yoshio Hirota1,
  • David S. Fedson2 &
  • Masaro Kaji3 

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  1. Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine 60, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-82, Japan

    Yoshio Hirota

  2. Pasteur Mérieux MSD, 3 Place Antonin Perrin, F-69007, Lyon, France

    David S. Fedson

  3. Kurume University, Kurume, Fukuoka, 830, Japan

    Masaro Kaji

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Hirota, Y., Fedson, D. & Kaji, M. Japan lagging in influenza jabs. Nature 380, 18 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/380018a0

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