Lymphatic filariasis in Khurda district of Orissa, India: An epidemiological study

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 240-243

  Babu, B V ^a   Acharya, A S ^a   Mallick, G ^a   Jangid, P K ^a   Nayak, A N ^a   Satyanarayana, K ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELEPHANTIASIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0035376682     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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