Untangling the Complexity of Liver Fluke Infection and Cholangiocarcinoma in NE Thailand Through Transdisciplinary Learning

EcoHealth

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 316-327

  Ziegler, A D ^a   Echaubard, P ^b,c,d   Lee, Y T ^a   Chuah, C J ^a   Wilcox, B A ^c   Grundy Warr, C ^a   Sithithaworn, P ^b   Petney, T N ^b,e   Laithevewat, L ^f   Ong, X ^a   Andrews, R H ^b   Ismail, T ^a   Sripa, B ^b   Khuntikeo, N ^b   Poonpon, K ^g   Tungtang, P ^g   Tuamsuk, K ^g  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f Office of Prevention and Control 8   (Thailand)

^g KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bithynia snails; cholangiocarcinoma; cyprinid fish; food safety; health education; Isaan Lao culture; livelihood change; Opisthorchis viverrini sensu lato; raw or uncooked fish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT TUMOR; COMPLICATION; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RISK FACTOR; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HUMANS; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 84955622548     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-015-1087-3     Document Type: Article

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