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Using Technology to Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy

  • Francis J. Real
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 2011, Cincinnati, OH 45229.
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    Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 3230 Eden Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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  • Matthew W. Zackoff
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    Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 3230 Eden Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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  • Brittany L. Rosen
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    Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 3230 Eden Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Division of Adolescent and Transition Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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