Márcia B Silva, Ana L M Amor, Leonardo N Santos, Alana A Galvão, Aida V Oviedo Vera, Eduardo S Silva, Cynara Gomes Barbosa, Marilda S Gonçalves, Philip J Cooper, Camila A Figueiredo, Rita de Cassia Ribeiro, Neuza Maria Alcântara-Neves
Risk factors for Toxocara spp. seroprevalence and its association with atopy and asthma phenotypes in school-age children in a small town and semi-rural areas of Northeast Brazil
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