Travel

The Social Ecology of Infectious Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 17-49

  Wilson, Mary E ^a   Chen, Lin H ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

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EID: 55049137781     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370466-5.50006-6     Document Type: Chapter

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