Currently available molluscicides

Parasitology Today

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 156-159

  Perrett, Sheena ^a   Whitfield, P J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOSOMA;

MOLLUSCACIDE; NICLOSAMIDE;

ARTICLE; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0029880991     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(96)10001-6     Document Type: Article

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