Critical appraisal of mass DEC compliance in a district of West Bengal

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 65-72

  Haldar, Anima ^a   Dasgupta, Urmila ^b   Ray, Rama Prasad ^c   Jha, Sankar Nath ^b   Haldar, Santanu ^d   Bhattacharya, Salil Kumar ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Malda Medical College and Hospital   (India)

^d Health Services   (India)

Author keywords

Compliance; DEC; Defaulters; ELF; IEC; MDA

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALE; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84901826290     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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