Intestinal geohelminthiasis in the developing world

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 67-71

  Ananthakrishnan, S ^a   Nalini, P ^b   Pani, S P ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; PIPERAZINE CITRATE; PYRANTEL EMBONATE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTESTINE INFECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WORM INFECTION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030915213     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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