Traditional practices and exposure to bodily fluids in Lusaka, Zambia.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on January 01, 2007

Authors

Janet M Wojcicki1, Chipepo Kankasa, Charles Mitchell, Charles Wood

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94134, USA. wojcicki@gmail.com

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