Improving helminth treatment access: Costs and opportunities

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 762-764

  Lo, Nathan C ^a   Andrews, Jason R ^a   Bogoch, Isaac I ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOIL; TROPICAL DISEASE; ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS;

EID: 84975298263     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30049-4     Document Type: Note

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