A cost-effectiveness analysis of anthelminthic intervention for community control of soil-transmitted helminth infection: Levamisole and Ascaris lumbricoides

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 527-530

  Holland, Celia V ^d   O'Shea, E ^a,d   Asaolu, S O ^b,d   Turley, O ^a,d   Crompton, D W T ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVAMISOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; SOIL;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; VERMES; NEMATODA;

HOOKWORM; HUMAN PARASITE;

NIGERIA, OYO STATE;

EID: 0029659435     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3283775     Document Type: Article

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