Cochrane Reviews on Deworming and the Right to a Healthy, Worm-Free Life

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1-3

  de Silva, Nilanthi ^a   Ahmed, Be Nazir ^b   Casapia, Martin ^c   de Silva, H J ^d   Gyapong, John ^e   Malecela, Mwelecele ^f   Pathmeswaran, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine   (Bangladesh)

^c ASOCIACIÓN CIVIL SELVA AMAZÓNICA   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITION; DEWORMING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WEIGHT GAIN; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANTHELMINTICS; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC;

EID: 84946045873     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004203     Document Type: Article

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