Mapping the global distribution of trachoma.

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization

• Publication date

  2005-12-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1590/S0042-96862005001200013PMID 16462983PMCID PMC2626493
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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