Ecological determinants of intestinal parasitic infections among pre-school children in an urban squatter settlement of Egypt

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 341-344

  Mahfouz, Ahmed A R ^a   El Morshedy, Hala ^a   Farghaly, Azza ^a   Khalil, Amir ^a  

^a High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTH; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTOZOON; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SEPTIC TANK; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL HYGIENE; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031445357     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/43.6.341     Document Type: Article

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