Epidemiology of wilderness-acquired diarrhea: implications for prevention and treatment

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• Publication year

  1992

• Venue

  Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

• Publication date

  1992-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1580/0953-9859-3.3.241
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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