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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 75, 1981 - Issue 5
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The working capacity of Liberian males: a comparison between urban and rural populations in relation to malaria

J. BrohultThe Yekepa Clinical Research and Training Unit of the Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research and Roslagstull Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm and Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Linköping, Sweden
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L. JorfeldtThe Yekepa Clinical Research and Training Unit of the Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research and Roslagstull Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm and Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Linköping, Sweden
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L. RomboThe Yekepa Clinical Research and Training Unit of the Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research and Roslagstull Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm and Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Linköping, Sweden
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A. BjörkmanThe Yekepa Clinical Research and Training Unit of the Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research and Roslagstull Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm and Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Linköping, Sweden
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P.-O. PehrsonThe Yekepa Clinical Research and Training Unit of the Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research and Roslagstull Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm and Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Linköping, Sweden
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V. SirleafThe Yekepa Clinical Research and Training Unit of the Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research and Roslagstull Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm and Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Linköping, Sweden
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E. BengtssonThe Yekepa Clinical Research and Training Unit of the Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research and Roslagstull Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm and Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Linköping, Sweden
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Pages 487-494 | Received 21 Apr 1980, Published online: 24 Mar 2016

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