Geographic epidemiology of gonorrhea in Baltimore, Maryland, using a geographic information system.

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Published in Am J Epidemiol on April 01, 1998

Authors

K M Becker1, G E Glass, W Brathwaite, J M Zenilman

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

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