Coverage and compliance to diethylcarbamazine in relation to Filaria Prevention Assistants in rural Puducherry, India.
PubMedPublished 1 June 2010
Mahalakshmy Thulasingam, Kalaiselvan Ganapathy, Jeram Parmar, Amol Dongre
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According to the guidelines, DEC should be administered un-der supervision to all people excluding children 15 years old and under, including children 15 yrof age.
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. Accordingto the guidelines, DEC should be administered un-der supervision to all people excluding children 15 yrof age
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