The Challenge of Infectious Disease: Time to Take Gender into Account

Journal of Health Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-151

  Tolhurst, R ^a   de Koning, K ^b   Price, J ^a   Kemp, J ^a   Theobald, S ^a   Squire, S B ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84990350705     PISSN: 09720634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097206340200400204     Document Type: Article

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