Local perceptions and practices in regard to opisthorchiasis in two villages in Lao PDR

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-26

  Strandgaard, Hanne ^a   Johansen, Maria Vang ^a   Aagaard Hansen, Jens ^a   Petlueng, Pricha ^b   Ørnbjerg, Niels ^a  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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EID: 39649124713     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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