Report of the Scientific Working Group on the Biochemistry and Chemotherapy of Schistosomiasis
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(1984). Report of the Scientific Working Group on the Biochemistry and Chemotherapy of Schistosomiasis. Geneva : World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/iris/handle/10665/60671
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TDR/SCH-SWG(5)/84.1. Unpublished
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