Environmental factors associated with emergence of disease with special reference to cholera

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-45

  Huq, Anwarul ^a   Colwell, Rita R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0011084410     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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