China's hookworms

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 172, 2002, Pages 1029-1040

  Hotez, Peter J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

CHINA;

EID: 0036987841     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0009443902000608     Document Type: Article

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