A study of the cost effectiveness of selective health interventions for the control of intestinal parasites in rural Bangladesh

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 6-11

  Mascie Taylor, C G N ^a   Alam, Mustafa ^a,b   Montanari, R M ^a,c   Karim, R ^a,d   Ahmed, T ^a,e   Karim, E ^a,e   Akhtar, S ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Institute of Public Health Dhaka   (Bangladesh)

^e Inst Epidemiol Dis Contr Res   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT;

HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; PARASITE; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BANGLADESH; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; TRICHURIASIS;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIASIS; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FECES; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TRICHURIASIS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0032972637     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285691     Document Type: Article

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