Ascariasis, Trichuriasis, and growth of schoolchildren in northeastern Peninsular Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 729-734

  Mahendra Raj, S ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RISK; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRICHURIASIS;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIASIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRICHURIASIS;

EID: 0032227398     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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