Soil-transmitted helminthiases in China: A spatial statistical analysis

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 754-759

  Lai, Dejian ^a   Hsi, Bartholomew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SOIL;

CHINA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SOIL;

EID: 0030309114     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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