Visiting Friends and Relatives

Travel Medicine: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 291-298

  Behrens, Ronald H ^a   Barnett, Elizabeth D ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 77951859203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-03453-1.10029-X     Document Type: Chapter

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