Outbreak of chickenpox in a refugee camp of northern Thailand

Conflict and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Shimakawa, Yusuke ^a,b   Camélique, Olivier ^b   Ariyoshi, Koya ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

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EID: 79957843822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-4-4     Document Type: Article

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