The silent genocide
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- No aspirin, please. Kaitschuck, Gail // Current Health 2;Dec92, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p12
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- The dilemmas of childhood HIV infection. Rudigier, A.F.; Crocker, A.C. // Children Today;Jul/Aug90, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p26
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- Many childhood diseases can be prevented. Guthrie, Richard A. // Diabetes in the News;Mar/Apr93, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p29
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- It's time to talk about children's medications. Young, F.E. // FDA Consumer;Oct89, Vol. 23 Issue 8, p6
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- Bacterial meningitis. Schultz, D. // FDA Consumer;Sep91, Vol. 25 Issue 7, p36
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- Parent plays part in revision of corticosteroid labeling. // FDA Consumer;Mar1992, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p3
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