Bat consumption in Thailand

Infection Ecology and Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Suwannarong, Kanokwan ^a   Schuler, Sidney ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Bat Consumption; PREVENT Project; Thailand; USAID Emerging Pandemic Threats Program

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042297481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/IEE.V6.29941     Document Type: Article

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