An outbreak of veno-occlusive disease of the liver in northern Iraq

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 142-148

  Altaee, Moayad Younis ^a   Mahmood, Muntaha H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

^b Directorate of Preventive Health   (Iraq)

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