The effects of deworming on indicators of school performance in Guatemala

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 156-161

  Watkins, William E ^a   Cruz, José R ^b   Pollitt, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Ascaris; Deworming; Guatemala; School performance; Trichuris

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICHURIS;

EID: 0029879943     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90121-2     Document Type: Article

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