Comparative trials using albendazole and mebendazole in the treatment of soil-transmitted helminths in schoolchildren on Penang, Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 765-767

  Rahman, Wahab A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRICHURIASIS;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MEBENDAZOLE; PREVALENCE; TRICHURIASIS;

EID: 0030309677     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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