The economic burden of lymphatic filariasis in northern Ghana

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-48

  Gyapong, J O ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0029971483     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1996.11813024     Document Type: Article

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