Prevalence of OV infection in Yasothon Province, Northeast Thailand

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3399-3402

  Saengsawang, Phubet ^a,b   Promthet, Supannee ^a   Bradshaw, Peter ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Yasothon Province   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Control programs; Opisthorchis viverrini; Prevalence; Rural Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873588966     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.7.3399     Document Type: Article

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