Environmental Impacts on Infectious Disease: A Literature View of Epidemiological Evidence

Peter D. Sly; Brittany Trottier; Atsuko Ikeda-Araki; Dwan Vilcins

doi:10.5334/aogh.3670

Environmental Impacts on Infectious Disease: A Literature View of Epidemiological Evidence

Annals of Global Health

Volume 88 (2022): Issue 1

By: Peter D. Sly , Brittany Trottier , Atsuko Ikeda-Araki and Dwan Vilcins

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