Intestinal helminthiasis in relation to height and weight of early primary school children in Northeastern Peninsular Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 314-320

  Mahendra Raj, S ^a   Sein, K T ^a   Khairul Anuar, A ^b   Mustaffa, B E ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALAYSIA; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRICHURIASIS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ASCARIASIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALAYSIA; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRICHURIASIS;

EID: 0031151172     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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