Intestinal parasites in school-aged children in villages bordering Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 859-864

  Chhakda, Tep ^a   Muth, Sinuon ^a   Socheat, Duong ^a   Odermatt, Peter ^b  

^a National Malaria Center   (Cambodia)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33751561160     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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