The economic burden of lymphatic filariasis in India

Parasitology Today

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 251-253

  Ramaiah, Kapa D ^a   Das, Pradeep K ^a   Michael, Edwin ^b   Guyatt, Helen L ^b  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LYMPHANGITIS; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0034213911     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(00)01643-4     Document Type: Review

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