Development and validation of a ‘tablet pole’ for the administration of praziquantel in sub-Saharan Africa
- 1 September 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 95 (5) , 542-544
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(01)90034-3
Abstract
A pole estimating, for each individual, the number of praziquantel tablets needed for treatment according to height was tested in 20 data sets (n = 2Keywords
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