The Epidemiology of Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) in Larestan, 2006-2008
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عنوان ژورنال: Pars of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2008-7993,2008-8442
DOI: 10.29252/jmj.8.3.8