A One-Health approach to prioritizing zoonotic diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2015
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Global Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2214-9996
DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2016.04.590