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Volume 332:476-477 February 16, 1995 Number 7
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Vaccines

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Second edition. Edited by Stanley A. Plotkin and Edward A. Mortimer, Jr. 996 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1994. $159. ISBN 0-7216-6584-5.

This book is a unique collection of information about what some now call vaccinology. Its 35 chapters include the epidemiologic and clinical studies leading up to the licensure of vaccines currently in use and pay some attention to newer approaches to vaccine development and to vaccines on the horizon. Since the first edition, which appeared six years ago, there has been extensive addition and revision, reflecting the rapid movement in this area of medical research.

The authors were given a free hand in organizing their chapters, which include a great deal of primary data that span a number of years . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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