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[Role of the aqueous factor in the epidemiology of dysentery]

G V Sultanov, Iu P Solodovnikov

    Zhurnal Mikrobiologii, Epidemiologii I Immunobiologii
    |June 1, 1977
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    waterborne diseasesdysentery epidemiologypublic health water supplysanitation laws

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