A diphtheria outbreak in Buri Ram, Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 690-696

  Pantukosit, Pantavee ^a   Arpornsuwan, Manote ^a   Sookananta, Kanokporn ^a  

^a Buri Ram Hospital   (Thailand)

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EID: 49749104233     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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