Resisting control of neglected tropical diseases: dilemmas in the mass treatment of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in north-west Uganda.

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Published in J Biosoc Sci on August 30, 2007

Authors

Melissa Parker1, Tim Allen, Julie Hastings

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Research in International Medical Anthropology, Brunel University, UK.

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