The Role of Medical Students in the Fight to Control Neglected Tropical Diseases: a View from Peru

Overview

Journal PLoS Negl Trop Dis

Specialties Infectious Diseases
Tropical Medicine

Date 2008 Oct 7

PMID 18836555

Citations 4

Authors

Javier Villafuerte-Galvez

Walter H Curioso

J Jaime Miranda

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