Assessment of a school-based mass treatment for soil-transmitted helminth infections in Capiz, the Philippines

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 589-600

  Bacon, Kristina M ^a   Shah, Mirat ^b   Taylor, Laura ^b   Macatangay, Bernard Jonas C ^b   Veldkamp, Peter ^b   Belizario, Vicente Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Mass treatment; Philippines; School based; Soil transmitted helminthes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868154102     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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