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Vol. 145 No. 4546 (2015)

Case-case studies: an innovative tool in the field of outbreak investigation

  • Aurélie Mayet
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2015.14203
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2015;145:w14203
Published
01.11.2015

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