The benefits of mass deworming on health outcomes: new evidence synthesis, the debate persists

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages e4-e5

  Andrews, Jason R ^a   Bogoch, Isaac I ^b   Utzinger, Jürg ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANTIHELMINTHIC THERAPY; COGNITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOLLOW UP; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL ATTENDANCE; CHILD; INCOME; NETWORK META-ANALYSIS; POVERTY;

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

EID: 85003550242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30333-3     Document Type: Note

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