Would it be possible to have better ways and routes of administration for vaccines against COVID-19?

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Álvaro Nagib Atallah, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

MD, PhD. Full Professor and Head of the Discipline of Emergency Medicine and Evidence-Based Medicine, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo (SP); and Director of Cochrane Brazil, São Paulo (SP), Brazil

Samir Arbache, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

MD. Preceptor of Dermatology, Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes (UMC), São Paulo (SP), Brazil; and Doctoral Student, Postgraduate Program on Evidence-Based Healthcare, Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

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2021-07-01

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Atallah Álvaro N, Arbache S. Would it be possible to have better ways and routes of administration for vaccines against COVID-19?. Sao Paulo Med J [Internet]. 2021 Jul. 1 [cited 2025 Mar. 14];139(4):416-7. Available from: https://periodicosapm.emnuvens.com.br/spmj/article/view/462

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Vol. 139 No. 4 (2021)

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Letter to the Editor

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