Age-related prevalence, intensity and frequency distribution of gastrointestinal helminth infection in urban slum children from kuala lumpur, malaysia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 289-294

  Bundy, D A ^a   Kan, S P ^b   Rose, R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BOOKWORM; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEMATODE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRICHURIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; POVERTY AREAS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRICHURIASIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0023875071     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(88)90450-6     Document Type: Article

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