Annual economic loss caused by Taenia saginata asiatica taeniasis in East Asia

Parasitology Today

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 194-196

  Fan, P C ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIASIS;

EID: 0030928180     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(97)01041-7     Document Type: Article

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