The Right to Deworming: The Case for Girls and Women of Reproductive Age

Overview

Journal PLoS Negl Trop Dis

Specialties Infectious Diseases
Tropical Medicine

Date 2018 Nov 22

PMID 30462641

Citations 12

Authors

Theresa W Gyorkos

Antonio Montresor

Vicente Belizario

Beverley-Ann Biggs

Mark Bradley

Simon J Brooker

Martin Casapia

Philip Cooper

Sila Deb

Nicolas L Gilbert

Rubina Imtiaz

Virak Khieu

Stefanie Knopp

Ornella Lincetto

Layla S Mofid

Denise Mupfasoni

Cori Vail

Jozef Vercruysse

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