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Science 3 February 2006:
Vol. 311. no. 5761, pp. 615 - 616
DOI: 10.1126/science.1122143
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Policy Forum

PUBLIC HEALTH:
Community Studies for Vaccinating Schoolchildren Against Influenza

M. Elizabeth Halloran*, ** and Ira M. Longini Jr.*

A plan to vaccinate schoolchildren against flu presents an opportunity to assess risks and benefits.

The authors are with the Program of Biostatistics and Biomathematics, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, and the Department of Biostastistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

*Author for correspondence. E-mail: betz{at}u.washington.edu

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