Dictionary of Tropical Medicine

First published 2001

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Dictionary of Tropical Medicine: For Health Professionals

Includes index. ISBN 0-9578717-0-8.
1. Medicine, Tropical I. Leggat, Peter A. II. Goldsmid, John M. III. Australasian College of Tropical Medicine.

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