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The Geohelminths: Ascaris, Trichuris and Hookworm pp 75–87Cite as

The Economics of Worm Control

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  1. Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories-Kenya Medical Research Institute, PO Box 43640, Nairobi, Kenya

    Helen Guyatt

  2. Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK

    Helen Guyatt

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Dublin, Dublin

    Celia V. Holland

  2. Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

    Malcolm W. Kennedy

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Guyatt, H. (2002). The Economics of Worm Control. In: Holland, C.V., Kennedy, M.W. (eds) The Geohelminths: Ascaris, Trichuris and Hookworm. World Class Parasites, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47383-6_5

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