Mass chemotherapy and school-based anthelmintic delivery

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-13

  Guyatt, Helen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Intestinal nematodes; Mass chemotherapy; Prevalence; Schistosomiasis; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

NEMATODA;

EID: 0033007744     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90160-8     Document Type: Article

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