Myiasis Confused with Boils

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-19

  Goddard, Jerome ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Bureau of Environmental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Maggot; Myiasis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002859170     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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