Dramatic effects of control measures on deaths from yellow fever in Havana, Cuba, in the early 1900s.
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Rita Isabel Lechuga and Ana Cristina Castro Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA National Autonomous University of Mexico, Westhill Institute, Mexico City, Mexico Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK Escuela de Kinesiologia, Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago 7550000, Chile Corresponding author: Rita Isabel Lechunga. Email: [email protected]
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
دوره 110 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017