Knowledge, attitudes, and poultry-handling practices of poultry workers in relation to avian influenza in India
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0019-5278
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.116368