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The relative susceptibilities of juvenile and adult Bulinus globosus and Bulinus truncatus to the molluscicidal activities in the fruit of Ghanaian Blighia sapida, Blighia unijugata and Balanites aegyptiaca

F. AntoNavrongo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 114, Navrongo, Ghana
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M.E. AryeeteyNavrongo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 114, Navrongo, Ghana
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T. AnyorigiyaNavrongo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 114, Navrongo, Ghana
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V. AsoalaNavrongo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 114, Navrongo, Ghana
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J. KpikpiNavrongo Health Research Centre, P.O. Box 114, Navrongo, Ghana
Pages 211-217 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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