Giardiasis in the Adult Population of Dakshina Kannada District of South India

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-42

  Shenoy, Shalini ^a   Prabhu, Ganesh ^a   Antony, George ^a   Urs, Shivaraj ^a   Mathew, Bin ^a   Bharati, B ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; FLATULENCE; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031914870     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559802800111     Document Type: Article

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