Contamination of soil with helminth parasite eggs in Nepal

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 388-393

  Rai, Shiba Kumar ^a   Uga, Shoji ^a   Ono, Kazuo ^b   Rai, Ganesh ^c   Matsumura, Takeo ^d  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Public Health Institute of Hyogo Prefecture   (Japan)

^c Nepal   (Nepal)

^d Minatogawa College   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CESTODE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEMATODE; NEPAL; OOCYTE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SOIL;

ANIMALS; CESTODA; NEMATODA; NEPAL; OVUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SOIL;

EID: 0034198457     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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