The global burden of intestinal nematode infections - Fifty years on

Parasitology Today

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 438-443

  Chan, Man Suen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; NEMATODA; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 0031281368     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(97)01144-7     Document Type: Review

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