South African Heart Association: Plea for influenza vaccination

Authors

  • E Klug Netcare Sunninghill and Sunward Park Hospitals, and Division of Cardiology, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • P van der Bijl SAEndovascular, Netcare Kuils River Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i9.1204

Keywords:

cardiology, influenza, vaccine

Abstract

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2023-09-04

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Klug E, van der Bijl P. South African Heart Association: Plea for influenza vaccination. S Afr Med J [Internet]. 2023 Sep. 4 [cited 2024 Dec. 1];113(9):14-5. Available from: https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/samj/article/view/1204

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