The impact of a decade long opisthorchiasis control program in Northeastern Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 551-557

  Jongsuksuntigul, P ^a   Imsomboon, T ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPLATYHELMINTIC AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COOKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FISH; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SANITATION; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIPLATYHELMINTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOKERY; FISHES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH; SANITATION; THAILAND;

EID: 0031219620     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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