Podoconiosis: the most neglected tropical disease?

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9565, 2007, Pages 888-889

  Davey, Gail ^a   Newport, Melanie ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SOAP; WATER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELEPHANTIASIS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; PODOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SHOE; SOIL; TROPICAL DISEASE;

EID: 33947111391     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60425-5     Document Type: Note

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