Campbell replication confirms little or no effect of community deworming

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages e2-e3

  Taylor Robinson, David ^a   Garner, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEARNING; NOTE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL ATTENDANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; CHILD; HELMINTHIASIS; INCOME; NETWORK META-ANALYSIS;

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INCOME; NETWORK META-ANALYSIS; POVERTY;

EID: 85003454044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30289-3     Document Type: Note

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