The use of human faeces for fertilizer is associated with increased intensity of hookworm infection in Vietnamese women

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 518-520

  Humphries, D L ^a,d   Stephenson, L S ^b   Pearce, E J ^a   The, P H ^c   Dan, H T ^c   Khanh, L T ^c  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hookworm infection; Human faeces as fertilizer; Necator americanus; Prevalence; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECATOR AMERICANUS; PREVALENCE; VIET NAM;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; NECATOR AMERICANUS;

EID: 0030701556     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90007-9     Document Type: Article

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