Socioeconomic and behavioral factors affecting the prevalence of geohelminths in preschool children

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-42

  De Silva, N R ^a   Priyanka Jayapani, V P ^a   De Silva, H J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; TRICHURIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; TRICHURIASIS;

EID: 0030090197     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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