Population deworming every 6 months with albendazole in 1 million pre-school children in north India: DEVTA, a cluster-randomised trial

BACKGROUND: In north India many pre-school children are underweight, many have intestinal worms, and 2–3% die at ages 1·0–6·0 years. We used the state-wide Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) infrastructure to help to assess any effects of regular deworming on mortality. METHODS: Participant...

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Autores principales: Awasthi, Shally, Peto, Richard, Read, Simon, Richards, Susan M, Pande, Vinod, Bundy, Donald, the DEVTA (Deworming and Enhanced Vitamin A) team
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lancet Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23498850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62126-6

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