Infectious diseases associated with natural disasters

The Social Ecology of Infectious Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 351-377

  Bartlett, John G ^a,b  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84882544658     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370466-5.50018-2     Document Type: Chapter

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