Leave children untreated and sustain inequity!

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 568-569

  Johansen, Maria V ^a   Sacko, Moussa ^b   Vennervald, Birgitte J ^a   Kabatereine, Narcis B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Institut National de Recherche en Sante Publique Mali   (Mali)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; LETTER; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TABLET; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; WATER;

EID: 36348974991     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2007.08.017     Document Type: Letter

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