La eliminación de la lepra en el año 2000: ¿qué será de Antonio y Bajamut?

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 172-176

  Ollé Goig, Jaime E ^a,b  

^a Asoc Catalana Prevencion T   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ETHIOPIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0035320906     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0213-005X(01)72598-0     Document Type: Review

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