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Main Authors: Camila Megale de Almeida-Leite, Isabel Cristina Costa Silva, Lúcia Maria da Cunha Galvão, Rosa Maria Esteves Arantes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2014-07-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000400459&lng=en&tlng=en