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incidence and occupational aspects using Geographic information system (GIS) Laura Melissa García-Ramírez; Jasmin Yurani Giraldo-Pulgarin; Nelly AgudeloMarín; Yeimer Alexander Holguin-Rivera; Sebastián Gómez-Sierra; Paola Vanessa Ortiz-Revelo; Néstor Javier Velásquez-Bonilla MD, MSc; Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, MD, MSc, DTM&H, FFTM RCPSG, PhD; Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Colombia
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