The application of attributable risk analysis in helminth epidemiology

Parasitology Today

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 497-500

  Booth, Mark ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0032435380     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(98)01349-0     Document Type: Article

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