Epidemiology of rodent bites and prediction of rat infestation in New York City.

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• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  American Journal of Epidemiology

• Publication date

  1998-07-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/OXFORDJOURNALS.AJE.A009563PMID 9663407
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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