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Volume 11, 1991 - Issue 4
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Original Articles

Gender and the pattern of transmission of measles infection. A reanalysis of data from the Machakos area, Kenya

Peter AabyDepartment of Epidemiology, Stettens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Johannis LeeuwenburgDepartment of Tropical Hygiene, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pages 397-402 | Received 12 Nov 1990, Published online: 13 Jul 2016

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