RODENT CONTROL AND LASSA FEVER
β Scribed by Canevelli, Marco; Piscopo, Paola; Talarico, Giuseppina; Vanacore, Nicola; Blasimme, Alessandro; Crestini, Alessio; Tosto, Giuseppe; Troili, Fernanda; Lenzi, Gian Luigi; Confaloni, Annamaria; Bruno, Giuseppe
- Book ID
- 122525029
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 162 KB
- Volume
- 304
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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