Treatment for intestinal helminth infection

BMJ

Volumn 321, Issue 7270, 2000, Pages 1224-

  Michael, E ^a   Bhargava, Alok ^b   Bundy, Don ^c   Peto, Richard ^a   Cooper, ed ^d   Savioli, Lorenzo ^p   Neira, Maria ^e   Albonico, Marco ^f   Beach, Michael J ^g   Chwaya, Hababu Mohammed ^h   Crompton, David W T ⁱ   Dunne, John ^e   Ehrenberg, John P ^j   Gyorkos, Theresa ^k   Kvalsvig, Jane ^l   Taylor, Martin G ^m   Urbani, Carlo ⁿ   Zheng, Feng ^o   Garner, Paul ^q   Dickson, Rumona ^p   Demellweek, Colin ^r   Williamson, Paula ^r   Awasthi, Shally ^s   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f Ivo de Carneri Foundation   (Italy)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^h Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri   (Tanzania)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^j PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^k MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^m LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ WHO Representative's Office   (United Kingdom)

^o CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^p Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine ^*

^q LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^s KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICE; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; META-ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034638655     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7270.1224/b     Document Type: Letter

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