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An Outbreak of Gastroenteritis Among Iranian Pilgrims of Hajj during 2011

Mohammad Hassan Emamian1, Golchehreh Mohammad Mohammadi

  • 1Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, IR Iran.

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
|October 2, 2013
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Keywords:
Disease OutbreaksFoodborne DiseasesGastroenteritisIran

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