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EDITORIAL

For debate: that Australia should continue using the quadrivalent vaccine

Gerard Wain
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Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Westmead Hospital, NSW 2145, Australia. Email: gerard.wain@wsahs.nsw.gov.au

Sexual Health 7(3) 235-237 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH09129
Submitted: 29 November 2009  Accepted: 28 January 2010   Published: 19 August 2010


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