Declining trends in some sexually transmitted diseases in Belgium between 1983 and 1989.

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Published in Genitourin Med on October 01, 1991

Authors

D Walckiers1, P Piot, A Stroobant, J Van der Veken, E Declercq

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Section of Epidemiology, Brussels, Belgium.

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