Can we deworm this wormy world?

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 421-432

  Bundy, D A P ^a   De Silva, N R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

INTESTINE PARASITE; PARASITE CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031854679     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011698     Document Type: Review

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