Research Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2017
Volume: 12
Issue: 2
Page No. 90 - 96

Illness Characteristics and Treatment Seeking Behavior of Dengue Patients: A Study in Seremban District, Malaysia

Authors : Md. Shahin Mia, A.C. Er and Joy Jacqueline Pereira

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