Impact of lymphatic filariasis on the productivity of male weavers in a south Indian village

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 669-670

  Ramu, K ^a   Ramaiah, K D ^a   Guyatt, Helen ^b   Evans, David ^c  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Filariasis; India; Labour productivity; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INDIA; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; PRODUCTIVITY; RURAL AREA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0030480939     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90426-5     Document Type: Article

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