Neglected rural public health issue: The case of intestinal roundworms

China and World Economy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 25-43

  Zhang, Linxiu ^a   Cai, Yingping ^a,b   Wang, Xiaobing ^a   Ma, Xiaochen ^c   Medina, Alexis ^d   Scott Smith, D ^d   Rozelle, Scott ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deworming; Intestinal roundworms; Poor; Reinfection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878035331     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2013.12020.x     Document Type: Article

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