Correlations between intestinal parasitosis, physical growth, and psychomotor development among infants and children from rural Nicaragua

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 470-475

  Oberhelman, Richard A ^a   Guerrero, Efrain S ^b   Fernandez, Marta Lucia ^b   Silio, Margarita ^a   Mercado, Doris ^b   Comiskey, Nora ^a   Ihenacho, Gertrude ^a   Mera, Robertino ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ministerio de Salud   (Nicaragua)

^c Lion's Eye Research Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CHILD GROWTH; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NICARAGUA; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITISM; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0031943606     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.470     Document Type: Article

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