The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 3 , Pages 385-390 , March 2009

Interventions to Reduce Pain during Vaccination in Infancy

  • Dilek Dilli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Ministry of Health, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dilek Dilli, MD, Varlık Mah Yüzücü sok, no 27/6, Varlık, Yenimahalle, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • İzzet Göker Küçük, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Ministry of Health, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Yıldız Dallar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Ministry of Health, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Received 26 April 2008 ,Revised 3 July 2008 ,Accepted 18 August 2008.

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 The authors declare no funding support or conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(08)00718-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.08.037

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 3 , Pages 385-390 , March 2009

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