The carcinogenic liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini among rural community people in Northeast Thailand: A cross-sectional descriptive study using multistage sampling technique

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 7803-7807

  Kaewpitoon, Soraya J ^a   Kaewpitoon, Natthawut ^a,b   Rujirakul, Ratana ^a   Ueng arporn, Naporn ^a   Matrakool, Likit ^a   Tongtawee, Taweesak ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b VONGCHAVALITKUL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Carcinogenic human liver fluke; Opisthorchis viverrini; Surin; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PARASITOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THAILAND; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PRAZIQUANTEL; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949751190     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.17.7803     Document Type: Article

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