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. 2004 Sep-Oct;119(5):506–509. doi: 10.1016/j.phr.2004.07.008

The power of persuasion: Diphtheria immunization, advertising, and the rise of health education.

James Colgrove 1
PMCID: PMC1497656  PMID: 15313114

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