Risk Assessment towards Droplet and Airborne Infections among Ambulance Personnel in a Province of Northeastern Thailand
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**Graduate Student in Master of Science (Public Health) Program in Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok,Thailand **Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University. ***Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University ****Department of Environmental Health Science, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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تاریخ انتشار 2011