Dracunculiasis

Tropical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1204-1208

  Ruiz Tiben, Ernesto ^a   Hopkins, Donald R ^b  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84882503637     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-06668-9.50107-1     Document Type: Chapter

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