Towards defining appropriate strategies for targeted NTD control: Letter to the editors

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 772-773

  Standley, C J ^a   Stothard, J R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AFRICA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MIGRATION; PARASITE CONTROL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE;

AFRICA, EASTERN; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 77952269362     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02522.x     Document Type: Letter

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