Intestinal helminths and xerophthalmia in Nepal. A case-control study

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 334-337

  Curtale, Filippo ^a   Pokhrel, Ram Prasad ^b   Tilden, Robert L ^c   Higashi, Gene ^d  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh   (Nepal)

^c Duluth Clinic   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; XEROPHTHALMIA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 0029591150     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/41.6.334     Document Type: Article

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