Appreciation of school deworming program by parents in ha giang province (Vietnam)

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1095-1098

  Mondadori, E ^a   Ehrhardt, A ^a   Le Anh, Tuan ^a   Cong, Dai Tran ^a   Sepe, G ^b   Van Huyen, Nong ^c   Montresor, A ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^c Ha Giang Provincial Center for Malariology Parasitology and Entomology   (Viet Nam)

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EID: 33846850340     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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