Commentary: Deworming externalities and schooling impacts in Kenya: A comment on Aiken et al. (2015) and Davey et al. (2015)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1593-1596

  Hicks, Joan Hamory ^a   Kremer, Michael ^b,c   Miguel, Edward ^c,d  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; KENYA;

HUMANS; KENYA;

EID: 84952918955     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv129     Document Type: Note

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