Field testing of the WHO dose pole for administration of praziquantel in the treatment of opisthorchiasis in Lao PDR

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1120-1123

  Strandgaard, H ^a   Johansen, M V ^a   Montresor, A ^b   Ornbjerg N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drug administration; Lao PDR; Opisthorchiasis; Praziquantel; Schistosomiasis; WHO dose pole

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OPISTHORCHIASIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; VIET NAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHELMINTICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPISTHORCHIASIS; PRAZIQUANTEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

NALA;

EID: 34548854526     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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