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HPV Vaccination: A Public Good and a Health Imperative

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Lawrence O. Gostin
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 46 , Issue 2: Law and the Opioid Crisis: An Inter-Disciplinary Examination , Summer 2018 , pp. 511 - 513
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2018

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