GeoSentinel Surveillance of Illness in Returned Travelers, 2007–2011
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Internal Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0003-4819
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-158-6-201303190-00005