Schistosomiasis and other intestinal parasitic infections among Yemenis in Abha District, Saudi Arabia: An epidemiological study

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 158-160

  Al Madani, Abdulkarim A ^a,b   Mahfouz, Ahmed A R ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Parasites; Saudi arabia; Yemenis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011995203     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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