One in a million, or one in thousand: What is the morbidity of rabies in India?

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Baxter, Janie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84957874603     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.01.010303     Document Type: Article

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