Intestinal helminth infections, anaemia and labour productivity of female tea pluckers in Bangladesh
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Medicine and International Health
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1360-2276,1365-3156
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00729.x