Investigating the differential impact of school and community-based integrated control programmes for soil-transmitted helminths in Timor-Leste: The (S)WASH-D for Worms pilot study protocol

Pilot and Feasibility Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Clarke, Naomi E ^a   Clements, Archie C A ^a   Bryan, Stuart ^b   McGown, John ^c   Gray, Darren ^a   Nery, Susana V ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cruz Vermelha Timor Leste   (Timor-Leste)

^c Plan International Timor Leste   (Timor-Leste)

Author keywords

Mass drug administration; Sanitation and hygiene; Soil transmitted helminths; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020853790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20555784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40814-016-0109-4     Document Type: Article

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