Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) Outbreak Among a Group of Medical Students Who Traveled to the Dominican Republic
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Travel Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1195-1982,1708-8305
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00580.x