Epidemiology of opisthorchiasis and national control program in Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 327-332

  Jongsuksuntigul, P ^a   Imsomboon, T ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; THAILAND;

EID: 0032082661     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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