Prevalence of paralytic poliomyelitis in Pondicherry, South India.
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Prevalence of paralytic poliomyelitis in Pondicherry, South India.
A community health survey conducted in 16 villages of three blocks of Union Territory of Pondicherry detected lame children affected by poliomyelitis among other problems identified. The survey was conducted from July 1980 to September 1981. The survey method was house-to-house, covering 97% of the houses in the study area. Prevalence of lameness due to poliomyelitis among children aged from 6 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.36.4.279