Knowledge, attitude, and practices related to cutaneous leishmaniasis in an endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis, Southern Iran
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2221-1691
DOI: 10.12980/apjtb.4.2014c744