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Who will Benefit from a Wide-Scale Introduction of Vaginal Microbicides in Developing Countries? 谁将从发展中国家大规模使用阴道杀菌剂中受益?

Statistical communications in infectious diseases Pub Date : 2010-01-01 DOI: 10.2202/1948-4690.1012

Dobromir T Dimitrov, Benoit Masse, Marie-Claude Boily

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引用次数: 20

Infectious Disease Modeling: Creating a Community to Respond to Biological Threats 传染病建模:创建社区以应对生物威胁

Statistical communications in infectious diseases Pub Date : 2009-08-06 DOI: 10.2202/1948-4690.1001

J. Kaufman, S. Edlund, Judith V. Douglas

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引用次数: 11

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