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Recent Developments in Health Law: Mandatory Cervical Cancer Vaccinations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Renee Gerber ,
Lindsey Murtagh ,
Clinton J. Wolbert ,
Nicole M. Tinkey  and
Beth Gobeille
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , Fall 2007 , pp. 495 - 506
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