Effect of removing Ascaris on the growth of Guatemalan schoolchildren

Pediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 6 I, 1996, Pages 871-876

  Watkins, William E ^a   Pollitt, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

albendazole; anthropometry; Ascaris; school aged children; Trichuris

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIASIS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; STUDENTS;

EID: 0029994299     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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