Morbidity, surveillance and epidemiology of scorpion sting, cutaneous leishmaniasis and pediculosis capitis in Bandar-mahshahr County, Southwestern Iran
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Acute Disease
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2221-6189
DOI: 10.1016/s2221-6189(14)60043-3