Human Water-contact Study on Schistosomiasis
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Microgeographical patterns of schistosomiasis and water contact behavior; examples from Africa and Brazil.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of UOEH
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0387-821X,2187-2864
DOI: 10.7888/juoeh.16.185