Socioeconomic implications of Buruli ulcer in Ghana: a three-year review.

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• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

• Publication date

  1998-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Sociology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.4269/AJTMH.1998.59.1015PMID 9886216
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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