Can we eliminate soil-transmitted helminth infections in Sri Lanka?
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چکیده
Vasanthy Arasaratnam MSc, PhD D N Atukorala MD, FRCP Varuni De Silva MBBS, MD S A S Goonewardena MS, FRCS Malik Goonewardene MS, FRCOG Renuka Jayatissa MD, MSc Neelika Malavige MRCP, DPhil A Pathmeswaran MBBS, MD B J C Perera MD, FRCPCH Channa D Ranasinha DTM&H, FRCP Udaya K Ranawaka MD, FRCP Shalini Sri Ranganathan MD, PhD D N Samarasekera MS, MD, FRCS Manouri Senanayake MD, FRCP Kamani H Tennekoon MBBS, PhD
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Ceylon medical journal
دوره 57 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012