Prevalence of malnutrition and intestinal parasites in preschool slum children in Lucknow

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 599-605

  Awasthi, S ^a,b   Pande, V K ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Giardia lamblia; Hemoglobin; Nutritional indices; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASIA; BIOLOGY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JUVENILE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PARASITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH REPORT; SLUMS; SOUTHERN ASIA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BIOLOGY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; INDIA; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PARASITIC DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SLUMS; SOUTHERN ASIA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION; YOUTH;

ANIMALS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031174213     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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