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Received 23 September 2008; accepted 23 September 2008; electronically published 24 November 2008. Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Christine L. Moe, Hubert Dept. of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30322 ([email protected]). Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009; 48:38–4
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health
سال: 1945
ISSN: 0002-9572
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.35.1.28