Trachoma among children in community surveys from four African countries and implications of using school surveys for evaluating prevalence
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Trachoma among children in community surveys from four African countries and implications of using school surveys for evaluating prevalence.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1876-3413,1876-3405
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/iht027