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Measles practices and surveillances in Karachi, Pakistan

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

    Mubina Agboatwalla

  2. UNICEF, Karachi, Pakistan

    Asif Aslam

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Agboatwalla, M., Aslam, A. Measles practices and surveillances in Karachi, Pakistan. Indian J Pediatr 65, 325–327 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02752312

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