Major factors affecting the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases
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Factors in the emergence of infectious diseases.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0272-2712
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2004.05.008